A video of two woman attendants allegedly thrashing a patient at the SCB Medical College Hospital here has gone viral on social media since Tuesday.
In the video, the attendants are seen beating an elderly man at the destitute ward of the hospital. The clip surfaced on social media platforms and did the rounds. In a development, a team of the Odisha Human Rights Commission (OHRC led by its Member Asim Amitabh Das on Wednesday reached the hospital and initiated an investigation into the matter. He held discussions with the patient, the authorities of the concerned department of the hospital, security personnel and the accused attendants.
On the other hand, the accused have refuted the allegations saying that they were only trying to control the mentally-unstable patient.