Treatment given to Kumaramangalam by Apollo may be probed — Mahajan

"However, our first priority is to provide best treatment to Kumaramangalam," he said.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, senior BJP member Madan Lal Khurana urged the Government to constitute a high-level committee to probe "improper treatment" given to the Power Minister in Apollo Hospital.

Khurana said the Apollo Hospital, where Kumaramangalam was admitted for over a fortnight, failed to even diagnose the disease and first treated him for malaria and later for tuberculosis.

Now it had been detected by the All India Institute of Medical Sciences that he was suffering from "blood cancer", Khurana said, adding his condition would not have deteriorated if the private hospital had properly treated him.

Alleging that the attitude of the hospital had been "callous", he said it was only interested in minting money.

Citing an example, Khurana said a cousin of a Punjabnister was admitted to the private hospital where he died for want of "proper treatment".

On top of it, the hospital handed over the body to hisrelatives only after they paid a huge amount of Rs. 20 lakh as bill for treatment, he said.

As Chief Minister of Delhi, Khurana recalled that thegovernment had given land to the hospital at a subsidised rate and extended other facilities.

It was agreed that the hospital would provide freetreatment to poor patients but it was not keeping its word, he said.

Stating that all members in the house were concerned overKumaramangalam’s health, Mahajan said it appeared he was not not properly treated by the hospital where he was first admitted.

Mahajan said Kumaramangalam’s son had complained that his father was not properly treated in Apollo hospital.

Congress Deputy leader Madhavrao Scindia said the entirehouse was concerned about Kumaramangalam’s health and "all of us wish him a speedy recovery".