Odisha: Sweeper gives patient stitches under cellphone flashlight in Community Health Centre
Bhadrak: A staff who works as a sweeper at the Chandbali Community Health Centre (CHC) in the Bhadrak district treated a person suffering from head injuries with the help of a mobile flashlight after the doctor and nurse working at the centre remained absent.
The injured person was identified as Ramesh Majhi, an employee of Chandbali court who got hit by a beam while shifting office articles in a vehicle from the old campus to a new building, reports the Daily Pioneer.
The patient was attended to by Dr Soumya Ranjan Swain, who allegedly advised stitching the head of the patient after diagnosis, who then went away without attending to the patient. The staff, identified as Subash Das, then stitched the patient's wounds since the latter was complaining about the pain due to the head injury. Das had stitched the wounds of the patient with the help of another person and he had to take the help of the mobile phone flashlight due to poor visibility and no electricity in the hospital, reports Sambad English.
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