Ward Boy As Doctor

• Akhilesh, no electricity at this UP hospital for five years

  Uttar Pradesh's failing healthcare system exposed once again. First there was the Babu Banarsi Das hospital in Bulandshahr where a ward boy and sweeper doubled up as doctors. They were filmed stitching up patients. Now Sardhana town's only primary healthcare centre which is the only hospital for 12 villages around it, has in its 5 years of existen...

• Sweepers as doctors at UP hospital: Top medical officer removed, ward boy suspended

  Three days after the shocking story of sweepers and ward boys treating patients at a hospital in Uttar Pradesh came to light, the state government has finally swung into action. The Chief Medical Superintendent (CMS) of the Babu Banarsi Das District hospital in Bulandshahr has been removed.

• Dr Who?! UP repeats itself, another ward boy seen giving stitches

  24 hours after a sweeper was seen on camera giving a child stitches on his leg, a repeat. This time in eastern Uttar Pradesh's Ballia district, Raj Kumar, a cleaner, provides similar attention to a young boy.

• Sweeper gives patient stitches at UP hospital; Health Minister not surprised

  A video clip of a sweeper in a green shirt giving a young boy stitches at a Bulandshahr government hospital has shocked many. But apparently, the Health Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Ahmad Hasan, is not among them. The minister merely says too many emergencies at the hospital resulted in attendants doing the job of doctors.

• Sweeper gives patient stitches, ward boy handles injections

  In a hospital in one of Uttar Pradesh's most backward areas, a man in a green shirt gives a young child stitches on his leg. The "doctor" is a sweeper at this government hospital.