Firozabad: Patient administered stitches under cell phone flashlight in govt hospital

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ANI | Updated: Sep 01, 2019 07:06 ISTFirozabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 1: In a shocking incident, medical staff at the District
Combined Hospital in Shikohabad here administered stitches to a road accident victim under a cell phone's flashlight due to unavailability
of electricity."My father had gotten injured in a road accident so we brought him here
He was administered stitches under a phone's flashlight by the staff at the hospital
The doctor was not present in his room at the hospital when my father was brought here," Manoj Kumar, the patient's kin told ANI here on
Saturday.The patient, an elderly man, was given stitches on his forehead by a medical staff while another stood holding the phone with its
flashlight turned on
Upon being contacted, the on-duty doctor, Dr Abhishek, expressed his helplessness at the situation stating he would inform the Chief
Medical Officer (CMO) of the problem."Electricity might have not been available at the time in the hospital, that is why the treatment was
given using the phone's flashlight
There is an inverter at the hospital but it might have gotten discharged, will inform the Chief Medical Officer about it," Dr Abhishek said
(ANI)