Wheelchair per hour = 100

Hyderabad, March 17: In a drastic incident a patient has unable to pay the fee for wheelchair here in Gandhi Hospital has come to light Yesterday.While in-depth into matter, Unable to pay a bribe of Rs 100 for a wheelchair at Gandhi Hospital, Telangana s biggest government hospital, a patient was forced to use his child s mini-scooter to reach the doctor s ward.Raju, 33, has been awaiting surgery for a head injury for six months now due to current shock. He had met with an accident in August last year."Earlier, we used to pay. But during our last three trips, we have been using our child s mini-scooter. We are very poor. We cannot pay Rs 100-150 for a wheelchair each time," Raju s wife Santoshi told to the media.Raju was treated in hospital for two months after the accident and then discharged. The family was asked to arrange for blood before the surgery. Since then, every time the family visits the hospital, they are told that no bed is available."We have four children. We are facing a very tough time. Doctors say there are no beds. They ask us to arrange 4-5 packets of blood, saying the surgery can take place only then. We don t know many people here. What should we do?" she asked.When hospital staff saw her talking to media persons, they were promptly provided the family a wheelchair.Raju and Santoshi are now appealing to the government to help them in arranging blood and getting the surgery moved up.