Infirm patient dragged into Nizamabad hospital; video goes viral

Video seize of a affected person dragged by his dad and mom into the Nizamabad Authorities Common Hospital in Telangana

Conflicting claims have been raised after a video of an infirm affected person being dragged by his dad and mom to the physician’s room in a hospital induced shock on social media after the clip went viral. The incident allegedly came about resulting from non-availability of stretchers or wheelchairs on the Nizamabad Authorities Common Hospital.

Reacting to the viral video, Well being Minister T. Harish Rao has ordered an inquiry and fast submission of report by the Director of Medical Training.

Based on the affected person’s relations, the incident came about round 10 p.m. on March 31 after the closure of the out-patient division the place emergencies and new admissions are registered.

They stated that the affected person, who was unconscious, was compelled to be saved ready on the ground within the hall resulting in the OP division all through night time. He was made to lie down on flooring and dragged into the room by his legs subsequent morning. The medical officer on obligation referred the affected person to the division coping with such instances on the second flooring of the constructing.

The affected person was once more dragged as much as the raise after which to the unit on the second flooring with the ward boys and different para-medical employees exhibiting no concern, relations claimed.

The hospital superintendent Pratima Raj, nevertheless, reportedly had a unique model saying the affected person was dropped at the hospital at a time when the affected person care employees was attending to an emergency on the OP unit. Dr. Raj couldn’t be reached regardless of a number of calls by The Hindu.

She was stated to have maintained that the employees wasted no time in arranging the stretcher after informing the relations that the affected person needed to be shifted to the second flooring. Nevertheless, the affected person’s dad and mom didn’t look forward to the arrival of the employees or the stretcher and dragged him to the raise as quickly because it landed. The scene was recorded by somebody on digital camera and posted it on social media.

She reportedly denied any scarcity of stretchers or wheelchairs close to the emergency ward. Over a dozen stretchers and 5 wheelchairs have been lined up exterior the room after the incident went viral.