MUKTSAR – As per the information procured under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 76,135 patients lost their lives at PGIMER, Chandigarh, between 2002 and 2013. This included 46,530 indoor deaths and 29,605 emergency outdoor deaths.
The perusal of the records also revealed that 6,345 patients died every year on an average. It means there were above 10 indoor deaths and seven outdoor emergency deaths every day.
In 2013, as many as 8,843 patients died, including 4,765 availing indoor services and 4,078 availing outdoor emergency services.
The indoor mortality rate stands at 6.83 per cent and the outdoor emergency mortality rate is 0.17 per cent. The total mortality rate is 0.43 per cent.
In the last 11 years (2002-2012), PGI, which has been dubbed “Death Hospital” witnessed as many as 1,50,67,319 outdoor patients and 6,11,213 outdoor patients. The figures further showed that the hospital on an average witnessed an influx of 3,905 patients daily.
This institution caters to patients suffering from chronic diseases and most of them come here after recommendation from other hospitals.
“The PGIMER, Chandigarh, is the lone institution having all the advanced technologies in comparison to other government-run hospitals in the nearby area. The doctors are also well qualified and they treat patients with utmost care. The high influx of patients with the passage of time has increased the number of deaths,” said a doctor, who worked at the institution earlier.
He added that people sustaining only severe injuries in road mishaps also go to the PGIMER, who have bleak chances of survival.
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