NRI dies as airport doc comes 'drunk on duty'

Mumbai: The death of 69-year-old Jagjivan Girdharilal at Mumbai’s Sahar International airport raises uncomfortable questions on the response-time at Indian airports during emergencies.
Photographs and video recording done by Girdharilal’s co-passenger shows the sorry state in which the NRI’s body lay in the premises of the Mumbai airport.
Girdharilal had come to Mumbai from Australia by Malaysian Airlines flight MH-194 and suffered a heart-attack at the airport.
The co-passenger – who does not wish to be named – says the lax attitude of paramedical staff and the airport authorities was shocking.
If arriving late was not enough, the paramedic, Dr Upadhyay, allegedly reported drunk on duty.
"He was drunk and he tried to give mouth-to-mouth. He then called his assistant. She tried but nothing happened,” says the co-passenger.
Despite their denial, the airport authorities are silent on allegations that the doctor was drunk on duty.
24/01/08 Arun Gopalakrishnan/CNN-IBN

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