Woman dragged in bed sheet as hospital lacks stretcher

Shiv Kumar

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Tribune News Service

Mumbai, June 30

In a shocking incident, relatives of a woman admitted to the Shankarrao Chavan Government Medical College and Hospital in Nanded were forced to drag her around in a bed sheet as the authorities could not provide them with either a stretcher or a wheelchair.

According to sources at the hospital, the incident happened on Thursday.

Footage of the woman hunched on a bed sheet that was pulled by her relatives was broadcast by local television channels leading to a furore.

Officials of the Health Department of the Maharashtra Government said they have ordered an inquiry into the incident.

Shortly after the video was telecast on television, the dean of the hospital, Dr Chandrakant Mhaske, blamed the relatives of the patient for dragging her on a bed sheet.

Relatives of a patient drag her with the help of a bedsheet, allegedly due to unavailability of a stretcher at a Government hospital in Maharashtra's Nanded. (28.6.18)

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“The woman and her relatives were told to wait as all the stretchers were occupied. But they were impatient and made her sit on a bed sheet and dragged out of the hospital,” Dr Mhaske said.

The identity of the woman is not known. It is not clear whether she was taken home or to another hospital.