A probe has been ordered to look into a case of negligence by a doctor who refused to treat a 65-year old patient by wrongly declaring him dead.

Chief Medical Superintendent Dr B S Sodi on 30 March said that Dr Parvez posted in emergency ward of district hospital here refused to treat an 65-year-old injured few days back. His family members alleged that the doctor said that elderly injured man was dead whereas he was writhing in pain in streture. Dr Sodi said that accused doctor was transferred and a committee was formed to investigate the matter.