In the picture is the emergency room of Wockhardt Hospital, Mumbai.
A mob of 300 goons came and vandalized the hospital. Many of them were out of their senses to understand what’s happening but continued to hit on the wall and glasses. This is a phenomenon too frequently in news nowadays. And this pattern has a different dimension too.
The lawyer was referring to a specific instance of a hospital being forced to "settle" a bill of Rs 5.10 lakh for Rs 80,000. But the account echoes what some police officers and hospital officials have been saying in private for the past few months.
"We see the same faces leading the demonstrations and carrying out the negotiations every time", said a hospital owner.
A thorough investigation has been ordered by the court.