Medical Staff Absurdly Used Man’s Severed Amputated Leg as a PILLOW

What do you use as a pillow when you’re separated from your comfy bed at home? Bags, stack of books, water bottle, or basically anything that comes in handy to substitute as one. But for this guy, he had a one-of-a-kind headrest.

A man from Jhansi, India had his severed amputated leg used as a pillow to prop his head up on a stretcher in Jhansi Medical College.

The 28-year-old road accident victim, Ghanshyam, who is a conductor of a school bus had met with an accident in Mauranipur, 65km from Jhansi, NDTV reported. Almost a dozen children were also injured in the accident when the bus turned turtle in Lehcura area in Jhansi district on March 10.

The bus, filled with students, was on the way back from Lehchura. According to The New Indian Express, some animals suddenly came on the road in a village named Bamouri. The driver of the bus then lost control at the sight of the emerging animals, causing the bus to overturn by the roadside. Ghanshyam was standing at the gate and got trapped with his severed leg.

Unfortunately, Ghanshyam lost his leg in the accident and was sent to the Jhansi medical college after preliminary treatment at a local health centre. His brother, mother and other relatives accompanied him to the medical college and brought the severed leg along.

When his family members came back to visit him, they were horrified to find his amputated leg being used as a headrest for him in the emergency ward.

“When we reached the hospital, we saw his leg being used as a headrest. I repeatedly asked the doctors to intervene but they refused,” Ghanshyam’s relative told NDTV.

His relatives also told NDTV that the hospital staff ignored their requests to provide Ghanshyam a pillow. Eventually, his relatives bought a pillow from a local market after two hours as no action was taken.

Hospital authorities intially denied the involvement of the staff in the incident and claimed that a woman, who was the ‘patient’s attendant’ had placed the leg under his head. Sadhna Kaushik, principal of the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College and Hospital in Hjansi said the patient was given ‘immediate’ medical attention and that one of his relatives placed the leg under his head.

She said a woman who had the limb with her did not give it to doctors or other medical staff after the medico-legal formalities were completed.

 

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