Patient once wrongly declared dead, dies

BELGAUM: Narayan Ramu Tembere of Sankeshwar who was admitted to the district hospital for a dog bite on June 19 and declared dead despite being alive, died on Wednesday night.
Tembere was shifted to the mortuary and the doctor who had attended to him issued a death certificate stating rabies as the cause of death.The incident came to light when Medical Education Minister S A Ramadas paid a surprise visit to the hospital on Wednesday. Ramadas met the patient and consoled his relatives. The minister also instructed the deputy commissioner to give a detailed report on the incident within three days. Ramadas ordered the doctor who attended to Tembere to go on a long leave.