Farmer dies after being rushed to Medak government hospital

A 65-year-old farmer injured in a road accident died at the Government Hospital in Medak on Tuesday night. His family and villagers alleged negligence, citing the absence of a doctor and a power outage when he was brought in.

Medak: A farmer who sustained injuries in a road accident died at the Government Hospital in Medak on Tuesday night, allegedly due to the absence of a doctor to attend to him. The hospital was also without power when the accident victim was brought there, forcing the staff to attend to him using mobile phone lights.

The deceased, farmer Tirupathi Kishan (65), a resident of Aurangabad, was on his way home after covering his dried paddy with tarpaulins at the premises of the Old Medak Leprosy Hospital. He sustained bleeding injuries when an unidentified car hit his two-wheeler.

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Locals rushed him to the Government Hospital in Medak. Family members and villagers expressed anger over the way the road accident victim was treated at the hospital. The incident left the family in shock.

The police registered a case and an investigation was underway.