A man’s 24-year-old son in Bihar died and the coroners refuse to release his body to the father unless he pays them Rs.50,000 bribe.
The government hospital, Sardar Hospital in Samastipur city in Bihar demanded a bribe of 50,000 from the grieving father who had to go through the village begging for money to raise Rs. 50,000 to pay the greedy coroners who refuse to release the body of the son until the father pays them! The father is seen dragging his feet, pain and sorrow registered on his face while people throw money out on the cloth he is holding and his wife in deep sorrow walks behind him.
The couple claimed that they were forced to do the same after an employee of Sadar Hospital allegedly asked them to pay Rs 50,000 to release the son’s body.
Speaking to news agency ANI, the deceased’s father Mahesh Thakur said, “Some time ago my son had gone missing. Now, we’ve received a call that my son’s body is at Sadar Hospital in Samastipur. A hospital employee has asked for Rs 50,000 to release my son’s body. We are poor people, how can we pay this amount?”
Priyanka Chaturvedi, a politician from the Shiv Sena tweeted, “Faith in humanity dies a little every single day. This is depressing to the core, are these hospitals even ashamed of themselves? I urge Hon. CM @NitishKumar ji to take strict action against the hospital.”
Faith in humanity dies a little every single day. This is depressing to the core, are these hospitals even ashamed of themselves? I urge Hon. CM @NitishKumar ji to take strict action against the hospital. https://t.co/zjzln4cdIR
— Priyanka Chaturvedi🇮🇳 (@priyankac19) June 9, 2022
It is a time of utter depravity and loss of humanity where imagine losing a loved one, and on top of that, going through the agony of bribing the government hospital in Bihar.
It is a shameful and unfortunate incident where human life has no value. While humans are digitalized like chips with Aadar cards ration and pan cards, all that has no value to weigh their lives or give relief to the dying and grieving ones left behind.
When questioned about it by NDTV, Sardar Hospital said there was some miscommunication about the matter, and they have clarified and said they would take strict action against the extortioners and take cognizance of the matter, Dr. SK Chaudhary, civil surgeon, Samastipur had said that strict action will be taken against those found guilty
This also reveals how poorly government health workers are paid forcing them to stoop low where they are resorting to exploiting patients and families. An investigation needs to be executed to find out if this is a long-term practice.