SIBU, Dec. 6 -- A senior citizen claims he was subjected to "rough handling" by a doctor while receiving treatment at Sibu Hospital on December 3.

The man in his 60s, who asked not to be named, said he was further aggrieved when the doctor allegedly uttered the words, "Uncle, why don't you just die then no need to suffer so much," to him.

"I don't know what type of doctors they have here. He said those words to me when I was asked to go to his room (emergency department).

"This is something no doctor should ever say to a patient," he told The Borneo Post.

According to him, the "rough handling" occurred when he was attempting to climb onto the examination bed.

"Instead of waiting for me to climb the small wooden steps onto the bed to ...