KANPUR, Aug. 11 -- In a shocking lapse of medical protocol, a 25-year-old patient referred from Kanpur Dehat Medical College to Kanpur's LLR Hospital died on Saturday night after waiting hours without proper transfer arrangements. His body remained unattended on a bed in the emergency ward of the Kanpur Dehat medical college for nearly 11 hours. The delay, hospital officials said, was caused by paperwork, shortage of staff, and the absence of an attendant. The patient, identified only as Sundar, was admitted at 1:15 p.m. by two unidentified men who left immediately. He was semi-conscious and vomiting. Dr. Manish, who was on duty, referred him to LLR Hospital at 2.45 pm for advanced care. However, Sundar was never shifted and remained at Kanpur Dehat medical college. With no family present, the medical college contacted Akbarpur police to arrange a home guard. Though a home guard was dispatched and hospital staff claimed an ambulance was on its way, the vehicle never arrived. Sundar was declared dead around 10 pm. Despite the mortuary being adjacent to the emergency ward, the body remained on the bed overnight and was only shifted at 9 am on Sunday after the matter reached the district magistrate. The emergency ward was staffed mainly by junior doctors. The duty roster listed Dr. Manish, pharmacist Ajay Vishwakarma, ward boy Rashid, and two Class-IV employees. Inspector Satish Singh of Akbarpur said the initial patient form was incomplete and a corrected one was sent only by 8 pm, adding that hospital staff claimed that because of a festival, many employees were on leave. Chief medical superintendent Dr Vandana Singh said that while the hospital had called for an ambulance, "the claim that it never arrived is incorrect." She admitted that one ward boy and one sanitation worker were absent from duty that night, which delayed shifting the body....