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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (ANK)
Mangaluru, Jun 19: The four elderly people who were evicted and dropped by a private hospital at Kankanady bus stand, were shifted to ESI hospital in Kadri as per the direction of deputy commissioner (DC) Sindhu P Rupesh.
Officials from Mangaluru City Corporation, Revenue department and Social Welfare department visited Kankanady bus stand where the four people were living since last night.
The officials informed that after their treatment, necessary arrangements will be made for their stay.
It may be recalled, the four people were treated at private hospital for three months before evicting and dropping them at Kankanady bus stand.
Earlier, MLA U T Khader clarifying on the incident to Daijiworld media said, "Four citizens who were dropped by the private hospital at Kankanady bus stand were treated for three months without being charged any money.
“The senior citizens had themselves asked the hospital authorities to drop them to the bus stand. The hospital had also informed district health department about this,” said Khader.
Earlier report
Mangaluru: Hospital drives away four destitute elderly citizens
Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru (SP)
Mangaluru, Jun 19: A private hospital here got four senior citizens evicted on Thursday June 18 night. The hospital staff dropped the four people near a market in the city.
The four were in a private hospital located in the city outskirts. Prior to that, they and some others were in the district Wenlock Hospital. At the time Wenlock Hospital was converted into an exclusive COVID-19 hospital, they were shifted to the said private hospital about three months back. They have now been left high and dry, and dropped near Kankanady market.
The four people have been identified as Raghuram from Uppinangady, Srinvas from Benjanpadavu, Ramesh from Talapady and Sundar from Puttur. They were suffering from heart-related ailments, leg pain among others issues. All the four of them are aged above 60.
It is gathered that even police personnel on rounds warned them from sleeping in the bus stand in the night. Auto-rickshaw drivers and traders in the surrounding arranged breakfast for them.
When some locals called the hospital to express concern about the patients sent away by them, the hospital staff said that they had taken care of them for three months. They justified their action, saying that other patients in the hospital were facing problems because of them.
The elderly people who were seated on a platform near the temporary market at Kankanady, were provided food and water by the traders at the market. They also advised them to rest there for the night. Tufail Ahmed, who runs a chicken centre there, bought bed sheets from a textile shop for them. The traders have requested the district administration and people's representatives to come to the rescue of the listless senior citizens.