Chennai, May 19(BPNS)
Attendants of Covid -19 patients conducted a protest outside the Rajiv Gandhi general hospital here on Wednesday. The protest continued for two hours.
The hospital had permitted one attendant each for a Covid-19 patient and around 100 people had thronged the premises of the hospital .These people were claiming that they were the attendants of Covid-19 patients and police on checking their credentials and details found that there were four to five attendants for each patient leading to a huge crowding in hospital premises.
Police removed all those who were thronging the hospital premises and they protested outside the hospital. Police kept barricades to prevent them from entering the hospital again and the attendants tried to enter the hospital again. More cops were called in and all attendants who were staying there in excess were removed checking the credentials.
