Uttar Pradesh: Private Hospital Shut Down in Faizullaganj by Health Department After Video of Man Being Beaten Goes Viral; Inquiry Ordered
Three patients admitted there have been shifted to a government hospital. A three-member committee under additional chief medical officer (ACMO) Dr A.P. Singh has been constituted for the investigation.
Lucknow, December 27: The UP health department has shut down a private hospital in Faizullaganj and started an inquiry against the staff after a video of a man being thrashed went viral on social media.
Three patients admitted there have been shifted to a government hospital. A three-member committee under additional chief medical officer (ACMO) Dr A.P. Singh has been constituted for the investigation. Uttar Pradesh: Ambulance Driver Gives Injection to Patient in Ballia Hospital, Health Department Seeks Clarification After Video Goes Viral.
The video, said to be 15 days old, shows a young man being brutally beaten with a belt and pipe. The young man was pleading for help. A woman was seen threatening to teach a lesson to the young man by tying him up with a rope. Uttar Pradesh: Eye Camps Banned in Private, Government Hospitals in Kanpur After Eight Lose Eyesight.
Dr Singh said, "We have found that the video was shot inside the hospital, therefore its functioning has been stopped till the investigation gets completed and the guilty can be identified. The hospital staff are saying that the man was a thief." However, even if he was a thief, they should have handed him over to the police, he added.
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