Two policemen keep watch as protesters gather outside Rajasthan Seva Sadan in Jugsalai on Friday. (Animesh Sengupta)

A 300-strong mob went on the rampage at a nursing home in Jugsalai, Jamshedpur, on Friday morning following the death of a patient due to alleged negligence in treatment.

The protesters, who also staged an hour-long agitation in front of Rajasthan Seva Sadan, dispersed only after police and local politicians intervened and the nursing home management agreed to pay compensation to the deceased’s kin.

Satya Narayan Yadav (40), a resident of Kitadih near Tatanagar station, was admitted to Rajasthan Seva Sadan at 8.30pm on Thursday with complaint of stomach pain.

He was administered saline water till 11pm, but his pain aggravated.

“His wife Malti Devi (35) contacted the doctor and duty nurse for attending to him, but despite repeated pleas, none came to check him. The pain was so severe that the patient fell down from the bed. Ultimately, he succumbed at 3.30am today (Friday),” Vijay Kumar, a Kitadih resident who joined the protest, told The Telegraph.

“Had doctors attended to him properly, he might have survived,” added Yogendra Singh,” another protester.

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s district secretary Ramesh Hansda and Congress member Anand Behari Dubey, who also took part in the agitation that went on for an hour from 10am outside the nursing home, also pressed for compensation.

Officer-in-charge of Jugsalai Ashok Giri confirmed that local residents of Kitadih and some relatives of the deceased ransacked Rajasthan Seva Sadan.

“We went to the nursing home after getting information of the violent protest. During preliminary investigations, we found irresponsibility on the part of the nursing home management. After taking the statement of the victim’s wife and the authorities, we forced the later to agree to pay compensation to the bereaved family,” Giri said.

A sum of Rs 3.20 lakh has been promised.

A senior official of the nursing home said the protesters damaged furniture and glass fittings.

“The matter was settled after the nursing home management announced to pay Rs 3.20 lakh,” said the official, who did not want to be identified.

He, however, declined to comment when asked why none of the medical staff turned up to see why was Satya so much in pain.

The 30-bed Rajasthan Seva Sadan is run by a trust and caters to patients hailing from areas like Jugsalai, Bagbera, Kitadih, Sundernagar and Rajnagar in adjoining Seraikela-Kharsawan district.