Hospital lost my dad(admitted patient) from ICU for 6 hours, in rainstorm he was found in a nearby city
My dad was admitted after Peg tube insertion in ICU for his ALS-FTD, he was found still in hospital gown far away from the city in a nearby village
The hospital fabricated it as “he was found near a bar” after 6 hours of relentless searching in the entire city, mom crying on the road brother and me searching around restless in the rain. They brought him back on a bike, 3 riders him in the center in hospital gown with the peg tube hanging out. When he came back the hospital started to fabricate case sheet saying he was not found in bed much earlier than he left. Despite 3 huge doors to icu and 2 guard who were supposed to be on duty
Hospital management begged and said please do not register a case and we will cover all the treatment. When it came to discharge the hospital manager they didn’t let him to be discharged and said “please take the legal action, how was the treatment? Are you just gonna leave without paying” “being a doctor you should know you should pay for the treatment”, when the patient himself was missing from the hospital. I was willing to pay since my dad was already insured but when the hospital COO said this to me I am appalled at the audacity. My dad is a retired engineer well respected person in the society and I cant imagine what his trauma is let alone the trauma of the family
On one hand I am relieved my dad was somehow by gods grace back, in the other hand im just speechless at the hospital management who couldn’t care less about my dads life, and instead focused on money.
Please help me take legal action and what all I should do, i have obtained cctv footage of him leaving the ward