A Goa doctor has alleged that the Goa Medical College hospital neglected to treat India's first SARS patient adequately.

According to Dr Pradip Pai Dhungat, the young marine engineer's family doctor, Prashil Varde had other symptoms of SARS apart from high fever due to which he was immediately referred to the GMC for treatment in isolation.

But the GMC authorities did not bother to monitor his admission, Dr Dhunghat alleged. Varde was sent searching for the isolation ward and then discharged after three days while his report was awaited from the national laboratory in Pune.

Contrary to the official contention that Varde only once had 100 degree F fever, Dr Dhungat said his fever fluctuated between 99 and 102 with mild chill for four days. He was not responding to antibiotics.

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