CCTV footage shows the patient leaving the hospital.
Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh:
A 57-year-old coronavirus patient, who was filmed leaving a public hospital in the town of Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, just 24 hours after being admitted to the facility, was found dead Sunday night. His body was found in bushes, just 500 meters from the hospital.
His family accused the hospital of “neglect”, adding that he “escaped” after being the victim of harassment. The administration, however, rejected these allegations.
He was admitted to Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital in Prayagraj, a level III government facility for coronavirus patients with symptoms, on Friday evening with breathing problems.
An audio clip was released by his family as they claimed the patient called them on Saturday morning, hours before he “escaped” from the hospital. He reportedly said his complaints at the hospital had not been heard.
“My mouth was dry all night. I felt choked, probably from the ventilator. I tried to tell a few people here to help me but no one listened,” the man can be heard. say in the alleged audio recording of his conversation with the family, which was released yesterday.
CCTV footage shows a man resembling the coronavirus patient walking out of the door of the hospital’s Covid department at around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday (as seen on the time stamp). About 30 seconds later, a group of men can be seen exiting through the same door.
The hospital administration claimed that these men were working with the hospital; they were trying to pursue the patient.
“This patient had a fever and breathing problems. His condition was improving. But he came out suddenly. The doctors tried to stop him but before anyone could figure out what was going on, the patient was We immediately informed the police, “said Dr SP Singh, director of SRN hospital.
Sunday night visuals show health workers in personal protective equipment (PPE) fishing for a body in bushes outside a police officer’s residence in Prayagraj. This place is only 500 meters from the hospital.
“My father is no more. All because of the neglect of the hospital. Patients are harassed there. My father came out of a ward and no one was held responsible. No one was providing food. until the money is donated, “the man’s daughter alleged as she spoke to reporters.
This is not the first time that the public hospital has been at the center of a controversy. On July 18, a 65-year-old patient died in a hospital Covid ward. A video, widely shared on social media, showed the man crying for help, but it was alleged that no doctors or health workers had come to help the dying man.
The hospital denied all allegations made against him at the time.
