An 80-year-old man was tied to a hospital bed with rope in Madhya Pradesh’s Shajapur allegedly over non-payment of the hospital bills.
Taking stock of the shocking incident, the District Collector said, “We’ve sent a team to hospital to investigate the matter. The police probe is on. Report is awaited. Action will be taken accordingly,” ANI reported.
(Photo: ANI)
In images shared by ANI, the old man can be seen tied to the bed with rope on his leg and hand. His daughter said,
“We had deposited a bill of Rs 5,000 at the time of admission but when the treatment took a few more days, we did not have the money to pay the bill.”
The hospital, however, has claimed that the man was having convulsions and he was tied so that he could not hurt himself, NDTV reported.
MP CM Takes Note of the Situation
Chief Minister of the state, Shivraj Singh Chouhan has promised to take strict action against the the Shajapur-based hospital.
शाजापुर के एक अस्पताल में वरिष्ठ नागरिक के साथ क्रूरतम व्यवहार का मामला संज्ञान में आया है। दोषियों को बख्शा नहीं जायेगा, सख्त से सख्त कार्रवाई की जायेगी।
— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) June 6, 2020
(With inputs from ANI & NDTV)