Fifty-year-old Ayaz Qureshi, a resident of Kurla East, had a harrowing experience at BMC’s Khan Bahadur Bhabha Hospital in Kurla West on the night of September 30. He visited the hospital with a severe headache around 2 a.m., but despite his condition, the doctor prescribed only a couple of tablets.

Pharmacy Windows Shut

Shockingly, the hospital’s pharmacy was closed all four windows were shut. When Qureshi asked the doctor about this, he was told to buy the medicine from outside, as the pharmacy would remain closed for two days.

Despite his repeated requests for an explanation and highlighting the difficulty of travelling from Kurla East at night, especially as an underprivileged patient, hospital staff and doctors paid no attention and insisted he purchase the medicine elsewhere.

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