The Hindu : Suspected SARS patient to file defamation suit

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Monday, May 05, 2003

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Suspected SARS patient to file defamation suit

By Our Staff Reporter

JAMMU MAY 4. A person with suspected Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), who was discharged after the National Institute of Communicable diseases, New Delhi, confirmed that she was free of it, has decided to file a defamation suit against the hospital "for blowing the incident out of proportion".

Maliti Singh of Nagpur was admitted to Katra hospital on May 1 when she complained of respiratory problem after returning from the Vaishnodevi temple here.

Later, the hospital referred her to the Government Medical College here where she was treated as the State's first suspected SARS patient.

Alarm bells began to ring and pilgrims thronged the information centres to enquire about the possibility of them catching the disease.

Now, that Ms. Singh has been declared free of SARS, her husband, J.P. Singh, has decided to file a defamation suit against the doctors after reaching Nagpur.

"There was not even a single symptom of SARS in my wife, but doctors admitted her to hospital which led to the harassment of the whole family'', he said adding that they (doctors) blew the incident out of proportion to "get publicity".

The suspicion about his daughter, who had recently returned from Australia, had no ground as neither any case of SARS had been detected in Australia nor had she tested positive on her arrival at the airport.

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