Jhansi hospital makes man lie with severed leg under head

• The bus picked up students from a Mauranipur-based school and reached Bamouri village when a herd of cattle suddenly came in front of it.
• The driver lost control of the vehicle which overturned by the roadside.
• The left leg of the bus conductor, Ghanshyam, got severed in the accident.

JHANSI: In a horrific display of insensitivity, a school bus conductor who lost his left leg in an accident was made to lie on a stretcher with his severed limb placed under his head at Jhansi Medical College on Saturday.

A probe was ordered by the UP government after the video of the incident went viral. Later in the evening, minister for medical education, Ashutosh Tandon ordered suspension of emergency medical officer Dr Mahendra Pal Singh, senior resident Dr Alok Agarwal and sisters on duty Deepa Narang and Shashi Srivastava. Director general (DG), medical education, Dr KK Gupta said that departmental proceedings will be initiated against the consultant doctor on call, Dr Praveen Saraogi, as he failed to respond on time.

According to reports, the bus picked up students from a Mauranipur-based public school and had reached Bamouri village when a herd of stay cattle suddenly came in front of it. In his attempt to save them, the driver lost control of the vehicle which overturned by the roadside in the city’s Lehchura area. The left leg of the bus conductor, Ghanshyam, 28, got severed in the accident.

Six students who sustained minor injuries were discharged after receiving first aid at the local health centre, station officer (SO) of Lehchura, Gyan Prakash Singh said. “No case has been lodged so far,” he added.

The medical college principal, Dr Sadhna Kaushik, said the severed leg could not be stitched back since the tissue was “already dead”.

She also said that the patient’s family members got him discharged by evening and took him to some private hospital.

When TOI contacted the family members, they said they had no choice but to transfer Ghanshyam to a private hospital.

“There was no one to attend him. We had no choice but to take him to a private hospital,” said Janki Prasad, brother-in-law of the patient.

The medical college principal said the severed leg could not be stitched back since the tissue was “already dead”. The patient’s family got him discharged and took him to some private hospital.