Bihar Health Centre plasters patient's fractured leg with cardboard, Video goes viral

However, the family members of the man alleged that despite being admitted to the Shree Krishna Medical College and Hospital for five days, no doctor visited him and took off the makeshift splint replacing it with a a plaster cast. 

The father of the injured patient told ETV Bharat, "Despite getting an X-ray done, the doctors did not apply any plaster. Upon asking, the doctor said that they would be attaching a steel plate to his leg soon. The steel will be transported from Patna, following which Kumar will go under the knife."

As per the NDTV report, Hospital Superintendent Dr Vibha Kumari stated that the patient would receive proper treatment soon and that doctors had been instructed to attend to him. She mentioned that an investigation was underway to determine why no doctors treated him and replace the cardboard splint with a plaster cast.

Denying the allegation of medical negligence labelled by the patient's family members on the part of Shree Krishna Medical College and Hospital, she blamed the primary health centre for putting a cardboard splint on his leg instead of a plaster. 

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