Panel to Probe Case of Patients Tied to Beds in AMU Hospital

“Restraining patients is part of the treatment sometimes,” a senior neurosurgeon said.

Two patients were seen lying on their bed with their hands and legs tied in Aligarh Muslim University’s Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College on 31 March.

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The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) on 2 April ordered an enquiry into a purported viral video showing patients lying on a hospital bed with their hands and feet tied up with ropes, PTI reported. The patients were undergoing treatment at the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College hospital, a constituent medical college of the AMU.

A spokesman of AMU said Vice Chancellor Prof Tariq Mansoor has formed a two-member committee to investigate the alleged mistreatment. The committee comprises Prof Shahid Siddiqui (Department of Radiology) and Prof Asif Ali (Department of Biochemistry). It has been asked to submit the report within 72 hours, he said.

The committee comprises Prof Shahid Siddiqui (Department of Radiology) and Prof Asif Ali (Department of Biochemistry). It has been asked to submit the report within 72 hours, he said.

The patient Bhupinder, along with another injured person, were admitted in the emergency ward. Both are on the road to recovery and are showing marked improvement. 

Prof SC Sharma, principal of the medical college, said.

The principal also said that the families of the injured arrived at the hospital and were satisfied with the treatment.

One of the patients succumbed to his injuries after being involved in a railway accident, ANI reported.

The reason behind the bizarre arrangement was to keep the patients from rolling off the bed.

Chief Medical Officer of Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, SAH Zaidi clarified that the patients were tied to the bed as did not have side guards.

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They are being treated by senior doctors. Our beds don’t have side guards. The patients don’t have any relatives with them and our staff cannot sit beside them all the time. So, we have tied them to the bed to stop them from falling.

SH Zaidi, Chief Medical Officer, Jawaharlal Medical College

According to Times of India, the duo were brought to the hospital in critical condition on Thursday by the railway police after they were found lying on the tracks. In the absence of side rails and attendants, the patients had to be “restrained” since their condition could not have been monitored using “sedatives to control their spontaneous physical movements.”

“Restraining patients is part of the treatment sometimes,” a senior neurosurgeon told TOI.

(With inputs from Times of India, ANI)