A SHOCKING video has emerged showing the final hours of the life of an elderly man who was apparently removed from the Port of Spain General Hospital and placed outside the compound where he soiled himself and died overnight.
The six minute, 50 second long video recorded by Facebook user Lystra Alexis showed the 80-year-old man writhing in pain on the grass along the pathway leading to the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department.
The man said his name was Christopher Phillip and he lived Laventille.
A conversation between the person recording the video and another woman told a story of how the man went to the casualty early that morning.
It was unclear whether the man had received medical treatment.
She said Phillip was asked to leave the compound, but was unable to walk as he appeared to be in pain.
“I witnessed this at the Port of Spain General hospital this afternoon. Two MTS security officers lifting a very sick gentleman and placing him on the ground in the carpark. The gentleman was unable to stand or walk but he was discharged and they were instructed to remove him,” she said.
The women attempted to seek help Phillip who complained that his legs were paining.
His pants were soiled with blood, the women said.
One of the women left to get help, but returned seconds later saying that she was told by security that the man was discharged and could not be taken back inside the A&E Department. She was advised to call an ambulance from the hospital to take him back to the facility.
“When I enquired about him being given some sort of medical care, I was told by the security he cannot be taken back inside unless an ambulance brings him, because he was discharged. This is total madness . What is our country coming to? This gentleman is 80 years old and this is how he was treated.,” she said.
The man was never removed and he died at the entrance of the hospital on Wednesday.
Police confirmed that the man was seen at the hospital’s Accident and Emergency Department.
He was found lying face down on the grass near the walkway to the casualty department at daybreak.
Police said there were no visible marks of violence.
The video has sparked outraged with many persons calling on Health Minister Terrence Deyalsingh to demand a full scale investigation into the incident and to take action against those responsible for Phillip’s death.
Calls to Deyalsingh’s phone on Wednesday went unanswered.
A warra this ??? A true him black dem dash him out him Mussa did de a di Indian side a di hospital
This has NOTHING to do with racism , Blacks are very well off there as well as some poor, same as the Indians!
This has to do with WICKEDNESS and EVIL and poor treatment of the elderly . What a TRAGEDY !!!
The nurses, security and administration should ALL BE FIRED !