Chandigarh, Nov 3 (PTI) A kidney patient died during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to PGIMER hospital today with his family saying he was denied timely treatment after securitymen allegedly kept diverting his vehicle.

The Prime Minister's Office(PMO) has ordered a probe into the incident which happened when Manmohan Singh was at PGIMER to attend a convocation.

A spokesman of the PMO said it "is saddened" at the death of a patient at the PGIMER during the visit of the Prime Minister. "A full report has been asked for," the spokesman said in a statement.

The family of the deceased S P Verma, a resident of Ambala in Haryana, claimed that security personnel, including those from Chandigarh Police, deployed at the medical institute, did not allow their vehicle to proceed to the Emergency department and kept diverting them from one place to another for about two hours.