A patient has had to be
cut free from his hospital bed in China and forcibly removed by police
after chaining himself down and refusing to leave.
A court in Beijing
ordered that the man, aged 55 and only known by his surname Chen, had to
be removed from the hospital after living there for more than three
years.
But when police turned
up to at the hospital yesterday afternoon, they discovered that he had
chained himself to the bed railings.
Officers were then
forced to cut the locks and remove a visibly distressed Mr Chen, who was
still dressed in his hospital-issue pyjamas, and struggling with
police.
Mr Chen was first
admitted to the Beijing Jingmei Group Hospital in August 2011 to receive
treatment for injuries sustained in a road traffic accident.
After being treated, he went home after a month but two months later returned complaining of pains in his left leg.
Again doctors treated
him after he was diagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and three months
later said he was ready to go home...
But Mr Chen refused, saying he was in so much pain that he was unable to straighten out his legs.
He said it was the hospital's responsibility to take care of him and refused to leave, even missing his son's wedding.
The hospital stopped providing him with treatment in July 2012, after he was unable to pay any of his medical bills...
They were then granted a court ordered earlier in the week to have Mr Chen forcibly removed from his hospital bed.
It came after tests were carried out that showed he was healthy, even though he disputed this.
source: Daily mail
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