A gruesome incident occurred in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, as a man was supposedly held a captive in the ICU unit of a private hospital while his wife was tricked into thinking that he was in a coma. The hospital was allegedly asking for more money to treat him, stating his condition had deteriorated.
The patient, who was admitted to Geeta Devi Hospital, was reportedly used in an extortion bid by the hospital staff who deceived his wife regarding his health. At first, she was told that her husband was critical and required instant medical attention. Unable to lose him, she somehow managed to scrape together Rs. 50,000 and paid the amount in the hospital.
Subsequently, the hospital reportedly informed her that her husband’s condition had further worsened and that he had fallen into a coma. They asked for another Rs. 1 lakh for his treatment. But before she could go ahead with the payment, there was a twist of fate, the so-called ‘comatose’ man broke free from the ICU, walked out onto the streets in his shorts with a nasal tube still in place, and exposed the so-called scam.
The whole thing was recorded on video, and soon it became viral on social media, angering people. Users called for a proper probe into the case.
Take a look:
Patient held captive in ICU and money extorted from relatives! Patient Ran escaped (A Pvt Hospital in Ratlam restrained a patient in the ICU and told the family that he went to coma and extorted 2 lacs from them in the name of treatment) Ratlam MP
pic.twitter.com/zk94rWzZ2u— Ghar Ke Kalesh (@gharkekalesh) March 6, 2025
“What a kind of crime!! How is it even possible that they dared to extort like this!!” one user said. Another wrote, “Some doctors are god and these doctors are criminals.”
