Video of sweeper treating patients in hospital goes viral

A similar video had surfaced earlier where the same sweeper was filmed giving stitches on another patient.

A contractual sweeper at the Bharuch Civil Hospital in Gujarat, India, was filmed giving stitches on the head of an injured youth in the emergency ward. The video which went viral shows the sweeper doing the procedure on the patient in the presence of a nurse and a woman doctor on duty.
The sweeper, identified as Brijesh Solanki, said that although he refused, the doctor on duty named Indira Contractor, forced him to give the man stitches.

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"Last night a patient turned up at the hospital with head injury. Madam (Indira) told me to take stitches, I refused and told her that earlier also similar incident had taken place and I was strictly warned by the RMO not to take stitches. However, she insisted and threatened me that she will complain about him to the contractor (of the sweeper)," Solanki was quoted as saying in The Indian Express.
He added, "Finally, I surrendered to her instructions and stitched up the patient Janak Desai. I learned taking stitches watching doctors during night shifts."
The 26-year-old patient, Janak Desai, was returning with his friend from Ankleshwar on his bike when they met with an accident. He was immediately rushed to the Bharuch Civil Hospital by his friend and later his elder brother also turned up at the hospital. One of the relatives of Desai captured on video the sweeper giving stitches as the doctor on duty and staff stood aside.
While Resident Medical Officer SR Patel of Bharuch Civil Hospital said that a memo will be issued to the doctor and an explanation will be sought in regard to the incident.
According to sources, a similar video had surfaced two months ago where the same sweeper was filmed giving stitches on another injured patient.
"Last time we had strictly warned him (sweeper) not to act on the instructions given by any doctors. It is the duty of doctor to take stitches. We will issue the doctor a memo and later steps would be taken accordingly."

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