COVID patients transferred after videos complaining about hospital facilities go viral
In a video, a COVID-19 patient can be heard saying that he is having intense cough and breathing difficulties, but he is not being given any treatment in the government hospital.;
Ballia - After videos of two coronavirus patients complaining about "inadequate" facilities at state-run hospitals here went viral, the district administration on Sunday said it is planning to shift the duo to another hospital in Azamgarh.
In a video, a COVID-19 patient can be heard saying that he is having intense cough and breathing difficulties, but he is not being given any treatment in the government hospital.
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The patient, a State Bank of India employee, also alleged that no doctor came to see the patients and no medicine was available in the hospital.
Another patient admitted at a L 1 government hospital in Revti area of the district, in a video, says that he was admitted to the facility on July 2. He rues that there is no drinking water, and bathrooms and toilets of the hospital are dirty.
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