Chandigarh: The patient who was allegedly injected with a cocktail of toxic substances by a woman who managed to gain access into the gynaecology ward of PGI, died on Sunday. The 24-year-old patient, Harmeet Kaur was a resident of Rajpura, Patiala. She was admitted in PGI on November 7 in critical condition, after referral from another hospital.
The patient already had acute kidney injury, absent urine output and multi-organ dysfunction, which had resulted from delivery complications on November 4.
She had already received dialysis before referral to PGI.
On November 16, she was shifted to ICU as a consequence of the unknown substance injected into her through the accused, which aggravated her already critical condition. After the attempt on her life, she was put on life support with doctors closely monitoring her.
“Her condition kept worsening and despite best efforts by the treating team, she could not be resuscitated. The body will be handed over to the next of kin after completing medico-legal formalities by the police,” said PGI spokesperson Prof Vipin Koushal.
Last month, police caught the prime accused, Jaspreet Kaur who had administered the injection. During investigations, police found that the injection had been administered on the directions of the victim’s brother, Jasmeet Singh, who has been arrested along with the other accused.
