: The Thiruvananthapuram Government Medical College (MCH) authorities on Friday clarified that they could not admit an accident victim from Kottiyam who had been brought to MCH in an ambulance from Alappuzha Medical College on Friday because none of the ventilators were free for use. There were complaints earlier that the MCH authorities had turned away the patient, who had been in a serious condition and who was on a portable ventilator inside the ambulance in which he had been brought. Over 300 surgeries also take place in MCH daily and many of them might also require ventilators. Hence MCH is unable to keep any ventilator free for emergency uses, the statement said. Hence it had been advised that it was better to shift the patient to a hospital with a free ventilator, the statement said.

Source: The Hindu November 05, 2016 00:15 UTC