Overview

• A widely shared clip shows 84-year-old C. Vadivel being dragged by his son, V. Kalidasan, at Coimbatore Medical College Hospital after a wait for a wheelchair in the outpatient block.
• Following the video, CMCH suspended contract supervisors Esther Rani and Mani Vasagam for five days and initiated an inquiry into the staffing contractor.
• Kalidasan alleges a staffer asked for Rs 100 to provide a wheelchair, a claim Dean M. Geethanjali says lacks solid evidence.
• The dean announced a standby “green brigade” of at least four contract staff to assist patients with wheelchairs and stretchers in the OP unit.
• CMCH moved to procure more wheelchairs, stretchers and trolleys, noting the OP currently has ten wheelchairs and six stretchers.