In a shocking incident, a male nursing staff at Thiruvananthapuram Medical College was captured on camera torturing an elderly patient. The incident came to light after the inhuman video of went viral on Thursday.

The incessant media coverage sparked major outrage and forced the state government to take action against the accused nursing staff in the video.

Kerala Health Minister KK Shylaja has ordered probe, which will be headed by the hospital superintendent. The culprit has been identified as Sunil Kumar.

In the video, the male nursing staff was seen verbally abusing and twisting the fingers of the senior citizen, who was admitted to the hospital with fracture on his leg.

After a video of a nursing assistant harming a patient at the Govt Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram went viral, Kerala Health Minister KK Shylaja ordered a probe by the hosp superintendent. The nursing assistant Sunil Kumar has been suspended by the hospital. @dna pic.twitter.com/JEiBDpxCTh — G JAGANNATH (@Jagan_G1983) March 29, 2018

The incident was recorded by an attendant of another patient person in his mobile phone.

Several local news channels aired the visuals throughout teh day. The Health Minister has directed the medical college superintendent to conduct an inquiry and take stringent measures if necessary.

However, it was yet no clear when the incident had taken place.

The patient was already discharged from the hospital and further action would be taken after tracing him, the hospital release said.

(With PTI inputs)