INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
A video went viral which showed the Covid patient being thrashed by nursing staff and security personnel inside the hospital.A 38-year-old
Covid-19 patient who was recently seen in a viral video being thrashed by the hospital staff in Rajkot Civil Hospital in Gujarat has
The patient Prabhakar Patil's brother Vilas Patil has blamed the hospital administration for his death.Vilas Patil said his brother died on
September 12 at the hospital and before that he was brutally beaten up by the staff
Despite the patient's death due to Covid-19, the hospital allegedly handed over his body to the brother
It was also alleged that the body was not cremated as per the protocol.Prabhakar was taken to a private hospital 12 days ago due to kidney
It was reported that there was water in his kidney
His operation drained out the water and later he began to suffer from breathlessness
He was tested for Covid-19 and turned out to be positive
Hence on September 8, he was admitted in Rajkot Civil Hospital for Covid treatment.During this, a video went viral on social media which
showed the Covid patient being thrashed by nursing staff and security personnel inside the hospital.Hospital authorities on Thursday
(September 17) claimed the patient was "mentally disturbed" and was being restrained not thrashed, to avoid inflicting injuries to himself
or others in the medical facility.In the video, shot over a week ago, nursing staff in PPE kit can be seen struggling to overpower the
patient lying on the floor
It was not known who shot the video.While one person in PPE kit sits on the patient, another can be seen slapping and asking him to stay
A security man also uses force to control the patient.Prabhakar worked as an operator at a factory in the city and was mentally fit
His family members have demanded the government to take action against the hospital alleging that Prabhakar died due to the negligence and
inhuman behaviour by the hospital staff.
