KHAIRPUR: The emergency ward in Khairpur's Civil Hospital turnedinto a battleground after a female patient's relatives trashed the ward and smashed ambulance windows, Geo Newsreported.
According to the patient's relatives, they hadshifted her to the hospital after an accident. However, the doctor in charge at that time refused to provide service, saying "his shift had ended".
Geo News has obtained theclosed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of the incident in which the patient's relatives can be seen breaking chairs and tables in the ward, going on to smash ambulance windows, before leaving the hospital with the patient.
According to the hospital's management, the patient was under care when the relatives started wreaking havoc in the emergency ward.
The police have arrested and filed a case against two people in connection with the incident.
Earlier in May, a private hospital in Hyderabad was ransacked by its employees, protesting the sacking of their 34 colleagues.
In another incident in Muzaffargarh, several people were injured after two local groupsfromKot Addu clashed in the hospital over land disputes. The groups had brought theirinjured to be treatedbut resorted to hurling medical equipmentat each other, injuring several more.