Archive · 17 Jun 2025
Tirupur Hospital Under Fire After Sanitary Worker Dresses Wound
A video from a hospital in Tirupur showed a sanitation worker treating a patient's wound, which upset many people.
The patient, who hurt his toe playing cricket, was waiting for a nurse or doctor.
Instead, a sanitation worker started to dress the wound.
This caused a lot of criticism, including from a political party, because the worker wasn't supposed to do that.
The hospital is now investigating what happened and plans to take action.
A video showed a sanitary worker dressing a patient's wound at a Tirupur hospital.
The incident occurred at the Madathukulam Taluk Government Hospital on June 6.
The patient, C Angeshwaran, was injured while playing cricket.
PMK criticized the incident, stating wound dressing is not a sanitary worker's job.
An inquiry has been initiated, with action promised against the duty doctor.
- Who
- A sanitary worker and a patient named C Angeshwaran.
- What
- A sanitary worker dressed a patient's wound in a Tirupur hospital.
- When
- The incident happened on June 6.
- Where
- Madathukulam Taluk Government Hospital in Tirupur.
- Why
- The sanitary worker attended to the patient's wound in the absence of nurses and doctors.
PMK's View
Hospital's Response
Appropriateness of Action
PMK's View
Sanitary workers should not be dressing wounds.
Hospital's Response
Hospital's justification is absurd
- Hospital
- Madathukulam Taluk Government Hospital
- Location
- Tirupur
- Patient
- C Angeshwaran
- Injury
- Big toe injury
- Date
- June 6
- Investigation Status
- Inquiry initiated