India, Feb. 16 -- LUCKNOW The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court has stated in an order that it was 'shocked' to note that King George's Medical University( KGMU), the premier medical institute of Uttar Pradesh, had refused admission to a critical patient at midnight, citing non-availability of beds. The victim, who was allegedly poisoned, died the next day for want of treatment.

The court directed the chief secretary to look into this matter as well and file a report by the next date of listing (March 19).

KGMU has around 4,500 beds on campus. There are about 400 beds in the trauma centre. The average patient footfall in the trauma centre is nearly 350 daily. The OPD footfall is about 4,000. On some days, this number rises above...