It is macabre enough to be a scene from a horror movie but, it is a true incident that took place in a Jhansi hospital. A victim of an accident was made to rest his head on his own severed leg by the the callous hospital staff in the presence of doctors.
In a bizarre reasoning, the hospital staff of Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College submitted upon inquiry that they put the amputated leg under the victim’s head in order to “help him”.
The road accident victim in his complaint has said that his severed leg was allegedly used as a pillow to prop him up in the emergency ward of the Jhansi hospital.
The Maharani Laxmi Bai Medical College principal, Sadhna Kaushik assured strict action against those found guilty.
“He was given immediate medical aid. The doctor looked for something to raise his head. The patient’s attendant used the severed leg for propping him up. We’ve set up a committee. Strict action will be taken if our staff is found to be at fault,” she added.
She also informed that a four-member committee was constituted to find out as to who put the severed leg under the patient’s head.
Later she informed that a senior resident orthopedic doctor, an EMO nurse in-charge and one other person was suspended in the concerned matter.
A departmental proceeding has also been initiated against consultant on-call doctor.
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister, Dinesh Sharma said that the state government will take action in the matter only when he gets proper information about the incident.
The victim, is a cleaner of a school bus. He met with an accident and was sent to Jhansi Medical College after preliminary treatment at a local health center.
He was immediately rushed to the hospital where doctors performed amputation surgery to prevent any infection from spreading.
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