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Two doctors have been suspended pending an investigation at the government-run hospital in Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh. Image: AFP\/Manan Vatsyayana<\/p><\/div>\n

Indian authorities have suspended two doctors and launched an investigation after a patient’s severed leg was used as a pillow to prop up his head, a hospital official said Sunday.<\/p>\n

Administrators at the government-run hospital in Uttar Pradesh state vowed “strict action” after images emerged showing the patient on a stretcher with the amputated limb being used as a headrest.<\/p>\n

“We have set up a four-member committee to find out who put the severed leg under the patient’s head,” said Sadhna Kaushik, principal of the Maharani Laxmibai Medical College and Hospital in Jhansi, told AFP.<\/p>\n

“Strict action will be taken if our staff is found at fault.”<\/p>\n

Two doctors have been suspended pending investigation, she added.<\/p>\n

The man, identified as 28-year-old Ghanshyam, was seriously injured in a bus accident.<\/p>\n

His relatives told the local NDTV news network that hospital staff ignored their requests that Ghanshyam, who goes by one name, be given a pillow.<\/p>\n

“When we reached the hospital, we saw his leg being used as a headrest,” Janaki Prasad, a relative, told NDTV.<\/p>\n

“I repeatedly asked the doctors to intervene but they refused,” Prasad added, saying Ghanshyam’s relatives eventually bought a pillow from a local market.<\/p>\n

Kaushik said the patient was given “immediate” medical attention and one of his relatives placed the leg under his head, the Press Trust of India reported.<\/p>\n

“The doctor looked for something to raise his head. The patient’s attendant used the leg,” she told PTI.<\/p>\n

India’s state-run hospitals are often ill-equipped, severely underfunded and stretched to breaking point. Just a handful of specialists are available to treat millions.<\/p>\n

Uttar Pradesh, which is home to 200 million people, is one of India’s poorest states, and long waits are common for even minor treatments.<\/p>\n

Medical negligence is not uncommon either.<\/p>\n

Last year, dozens of children died in a single week at a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh that suffered oxygen shortages. And an unlicensed doctor was arrested last month for allegedly infecting at least 46 people with HIV by re-using a syringe. CC<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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