A 26-year-old AIDS patient died at Patliputra Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) here on Wednesday night, allegedly due to inadequate care for three days, two days before World AIDS Day on December 1. The family members have alleged that the patient died of cold, as the nurses in the ward refused to provide even a blanket to the patient. The patient was admitted to PMCH on Sunday and died on Wednesday night, allegedly in absence of doctors’ care for 72 hours. In October, an AIDS patient, resident of Deoghar, was similarly ignored and he finally succumbed to the disease. The hospital has a four-bed special isolation ward for AIDS patients, but it is non-functional.

Source: Hindustan Times November 30, 2017 14:48 UTC