Death of Harris: Family to lodge complaint to CM and HM

KOCHI: The family of Harris wants an expert panel to probe his death while undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Kalamassery Medical College. His family will meet Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Health Minister K K Shailaja and lodge a complaint.

The family wants a probe after charging them with murder offence. His family came forward with the complaint after an audio clip released mentioned negligence of the staff at the hospital while treating the patient resulting in his death. Patients’ oxygen masks are often not placed properly and ventilation tubes need to be checked. Patients have died due to this. The staffs escape as the outside world is not aware of it. The patient Harris was to shift to the ward, but the ventilator tube was found misplaced and following that he died.