A father's emotional video is going viral on social media. Over 1.2 million people had watched the video on Thursday, which was posted by Shambhu Sah of Sonigama, Hansapur Municipality–6 in Dhanusha. In the video, Shambhu is seen crying over his son Ayush's dead body placed inside an ambulance, accusing Janakpur's Neuro Hospital of taking both his money and his son’s life. He claims the hospital exploited him financially while there was money and then referred his son elsewhere when it ran out. He pleads with others not to visit the same hospital.
Shambhu’s 16-year-old son Ayush met with a motorcycle accident on January 22. He was taken to Neuro Hospital in Janakpur for treatment. The hospital treated him for two months, but his condition worsened instead of improving. By then, Shambhu had already paid Rs 800,000 to the hospital. When he refused to pay more due to lack of progress, the hospital allegedly forced him to sign checks and promissory notes before referring his son to another hospital.
Ayush was treated for another two months at the Trauma Center in Kathmandu. He returned home on June 5 and died on July 18. According to Shambhu, the doctors at Trauma Center said the case had already been mishandled earlier, making it difficult to save him.
“The doctors said the brain surgery had mistakes, and if he had arrived earlier, he could’ve been saved,” Shambhu recalled. He had already sold all his property for the treatment and could not afford to go to another hospital.