There was no lapse in the treatment of former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa and "she was given correct medical treatment and there have been no errors," as per the medical board of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) that was constituted following the directions of the Supreme Court, reports hindustantimes.com.
“The treatment of the former CM was as per correct medical practice and no errors have been found in the care provided. Based on the medical records, a final diagnosis was made of Bacteremia and Septic shock with respiratory infection,” AIIMS said in its report on August 4 that was unveiled on Saturday.
“There was also evidence of heart failure. There was uncontrolled diabetes at admission which was treated.”
The medical panel at AlIMS added that it agreed with the final diagnosis.
Jayalalithaa was admitted to Chennai’s Apollo Hospitals on September 22, 2016, she was there for 75 days and breathed her last on December 5.
AIIMS’ three-page report chronicles sequence of events as "ascertained by the panel which details the treatment she had been receiving prior to her admission until her death."
A petition was filed in the Supreme Court in 2017 seeking a commission of three serving or retired apex court judges to probe the circumstances leading to Jayalalithaa's death in Chennai's Apollo Hospital on December 5 last year.
P.A. Joseph, a Chennai-based advocate who had filed the petition through counsel Sivabala Murugan, has challenged a Madras High Court judgment nearly three weeks ago that there was no illegality in the AIADMK government's appointment of an inquiry commission headed by former high court judge A. Arumughaswami.
Joseph contended that the high court erroneously interpreted the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952, which mandates a resolution from the legislature for such appointments. In the present case, Joseph said, no such legislative sanction was obtained and the government set up the commission on its own.
The high court had ruled that state had rightly constituted the one-man commission and there was no need, as Joseph has claimed, for any legislative sanction.
According to Joseph, Jayalalithaa was admitted to the hospital with fever and dehydration on September 22, 2016. The hospital had soon after issued a statement saying she was under observation, that she had "no fever now" and was subsisting on a "normal diet", Joseph said. He also cited repeated statements from AIADMK ministers and the hospital authorities that the former chief minister would be discharged in a few days and would resume normal official duties soon. Despite all such statements, Joseph said, Jayalalithaa died on December 5.
The Supreme Court on November 30, 2021, permitted Apollo Hospital to direct the AIIMS to form a medical board to assist the (retired) Justice A Arumughaswamy commission that is probing her death.
The then AIADMK government set up the Justice Arumughaswamy commission. AIIMS’ seven-member medical team was led by Dr Sandeep Seth, professor, department of cardiology.
