A picture of an elderly woman has been going around in social media in which an elderly woman can be seen tied to the bed with cotton threads and lying on the ground abandoned. The woman identified as Kunjubheevi (66) is a COVID19 patient at the Thrissur Medical College and Hospital, a government run institution.
Kunjubheevi is a native of Kadangode and had tested positive for the Wuhan Virus on October 18. Her daughter-in-law and grand children too had tested positive for the virus.
Kunjubheevi was shifted to the Thrissur Medical College and Hospital on October 20 after doctors at the COVID-19 First Line Treatment Centre (CFLCT) in Kothanalloor detected high blood pressure in her.
The picture was reportedly taken by another COVID patient from the same room and had shown it to Kunjubheevi’s daughter-in-law. According to her relatives, her teeth are quite shaky and the wound on her head need seven stitches.
Following this, Kunjubheevi was admitted to a private hospital by her family members.
Her son who lives abroad has written a letter to the District Medical Officer, the Health Minister and the Medical College stating that the “patient was disoriented while being admitted and no proper safety measures were taken by the hospital staff and the doctors.”