Lack of stretcher: Karnataka woman drags husband for X-Ray in multispecality government hospital !!

The worsening situation of healthcare in the interiors of Karnataka came to light once again in shimoga

The worsening situation of healthcare in the interiors of Karnataka came to light once again on Friday, June 2, when a video surfaced showing a woman dragging her severely ill husband along the floor to get him to an X-Ray room because apparently no stretcher was available at the hospital. 

This is hardly the first time such an incident has taken place in the state. Karnataka Health and Family Welfare Minister KR Ramesh Kumar had been pushed onto the back foot in May after visuals emerged from the Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) in the Hubballi formerly Hubli district showing four pregnant women being ferried on a single stretcher.

The current incident is from the Shivamogga formerly Shimoga  district of Karnataka. According to local reports, the man being pulled is one Aamir Saab, while the woman dragging him along the floor is his wife Fatima. The visuals are from last week, and were taken when Aamir was already admitted to the Megan Hospital for nine days following severe illness.