Kushinagar : Six health workers have been terminated after a viral video showed a stray dog licking the blood of an injured person inside the emergency ward of Kushinagar district hospital. Kushinagar district magistrate, S. Raj Lingam issued the termination orders. He has sought an explanation from the chief medical superintendent and two medical officers. Deputy Chief Minister Brajesh Pathak, who is also the state’s health minister, has ordered a probe into the glaring lapse.
The health department officials said, a 25-year-old, identified as Bittu, was injured in a road accident on the night of November 1 near a village under the Jathan police station of Kushinagar. He was admitted to the hospital’s emergency ward. A viral video showed a stray dog licking blood from his wounds.