Pakistan: Hospital staff tied 73-year-old Covid-19 patient who begged for help before dying [Watch] | Photo Credit: Times Now

Lahore: Even as healthcare staff around the world are being lauded for their selfless service to mankind in this dark hour, there are some who turn the motto ‘Service before self’ on its head.

In a contrarian approach to the novel coronavirus outbreak, the staff of Mayo Hospital in Lahore tied a 73-year-old Covid-19 patient to the bed and left him untended to die.

In a video of the tragic incident tweeted by Pakistani journalist Naila Inayat, the old man can be heard begging for help complaining that he couldn’t breathe. All his pleas fell on deaf ears.

This is Naya Pakistan. A 73-year-old Coronavirus patient in Lahore's Mayo hospital passed away after being tied with ropes on a bed. He kept crying for help as medical staff left him to die.

pic.twitter.com/4LQ1er6bBK — Naila Inayat नायला इनायत (@nailainayat) March 27, 2020

After hours of no medical assistance, the man passed away. As per Pakistan-based City24, the doctors and nurses at the coronavirus isolation ward of the Lahore hospital did not touch the aggrieved patient. The doctors reportedly declared him mentally unstable as he shouted for help.

The elderly man fell down from his bed and became unconscious after which the cleaning staff of the hospital tied him down. The patient’s ordeal lasted for nearly 10 hours.

Other patients at the Lahore Mayo Hospital also complained about the callous attitude of the staff. Eyewitnesses reportedly said the old man was let free only once at 10 am on Friday morning when he wanted to go the washroom where he was later found dead.

The deceased was identified as one Mohammad Hanif, as per senior Pakistan journalist Hamid Mir. He was brought to the hospital a few days ago when he was diagnosed with the novel coronavirus disease.