New Delhi: A woman with a broken leg was dragged across the floor with the help of a bedsheet allegedly due to the unavailability of a stretcher at a government hospital in Maharashtra’s Nanded.
In a video shared by ANI, two women can be seen dragging the patient using a sheet tied to her waist, even as the staff of Dr Shankarrao Chavan Government Hospital and others turn a blind eye to them.
As the video went viral, the hospital was criticised for the lack of basic amenities. However, dean Chandrakant Mhaske said the women were asked to wait for the stretcher but they chose to leave.
“I have ordered an inquiry into the incident, but according to the officials present there, the patient was told a stretcher is about to get free. The relatives, however, did not wait and took her. We have also not received any complaint,” he said.
Several social media users commented on the sorry state of health infrastructure in the country, while many rued the lack of empathy from bystanders.
I am outraged not because of lack infrastructure (adjustkardo mentality) but lack of empathy from bystanders. I see people going about their work as if not is wrong is being dragged by sheet throughout hospital— Yasar Arafath (@yasarabrar) 30 June 2018
This is the reality of indian govt hospitals or even worse than this.— paranjay (@jayygriffen) 30 June 2018
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