Kannur: Police on Saturday registered a case against a doctor and penalised him for allegedly obstructing the path of an ambulance carrying a critically-ill patient in Kerala’s Kannur district.
The incident occurred on Thursday evening in Eranholi, Thalassery, when a car driven by the accused doctor Rahul Raj, who runs a private clinic in Irrity, allegedly blocked the path of the ambulance on Nayanar Road. The ambulance driver claimed that despite sirens blaring, the doctor did not give way and blocked its passage, which delayed shifting the patient to the hospital. The patient reportedly died during treatment.
As per reports, one Ruqiya, a native of Mattannur, was being carried in the ambulance to the hospital after she suffered a heart attack. As her condition was critical, she was also administered CPR inside the ambulance. However, allegedly because of the delay, Ruqiya could not be saved.