Chaos at Telangana Hospital as staff remove Patient's Stitches over Unpaid Bill
Kamareddy: In a disturbing incident, medical staff at Apex Hospital in Kamareddy allegedly assaulted a patient and removed stitches from his wound after he was unable to settle a Rs 1,000 bill.
The patient who visited the hospital after suffering injuries in a bike accident allegedly faced trauma at the hands of the hospital staff after they refused to accept the credit card that he had offered when he had no cash.
As per a Newstap news report, the patient who initially paid Rs 300 as consultation fees, received stitches for his wounds but was later presented with an additional bill of Rs 1,000. When he tried to pay the amount via credit card, the hospital reportedly refused to accept the method of payment. Tensions escalated, and a verbal altercation broke out between the patient, his friends, and the hospital staff.
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