Patient and her daughter: M. Shalini, taking care of her mother Padheswari at her house in an informal settlement off Greenways Road in Chennai on Tuesday. “I survived with a neck injury as I was wearing a helmet but my wife hit her head against the ground. Ms. Padheswari was rushed to a nearby hospital and then shifted to a reputable private hospital on Greames Road the same night, where she was treated for 14 days. For those 14 days, the bill came up to ₹13 lakh and it was paid by the cable contractor,” says Murugesan. Costly treatmentHe shifted her again to another private hospital.

Source: The Hindu November 30, 2017 03:56 UTC