Prime Minister has sent a letter of apology to the family of Sumit

32year-old Sumit Varma died because he was denied entry into a Chandigarh hospital by the Prime Minister's security, Dr Manmohan Singh has sent a letter of apology to the family. In the letter, the PM says he deeply regrets the restrictions due to which Sumit could not get quick access to medical treatment.

Sumit Prakash Verma, died on Tuesday after the vehicle carrying him to the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh could not enter the emergency area in time for treatment, his relatives alleged. The prime minister was at the time visiting the hospital for its 30th convocation.

Verma is survived by his wife and two children.

Soon after his death, the PMO asked for a report from Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh on the circumstances. The hospital, however, said that no one had been stopped from entering the premises.

On Wednesday, his family demanded that they be given compensation and also a job to a kin as it was the prime minister's security apparatus that delayed his reaching the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh for treatment.

He was obviously in a very critical state, because of mutiple failures his kidneys were not functional and he was on dialysis for some time and he was also suffering from a respiratory disorder. We have got a post mortem done, although the family was insisting that we hand over the body without a post mortem. So we are examining all aspects. If there is any need to improve in future we will definitely take care of that said SSP, S S Srivastav, chandigarh