Sri Lanka, Feb. 11 -- A day after a video purportedly showing a female patient falling from her bed inside the intensive care unit (ICU) of SCB MCH in Odisha's Cuttack went viral on social media, hospital authorities have suspended a senior faculty member and three nursing officers. The footage, which exposed serious lapses in patient care, had triggered massive outrage as people questioned the quality of healthcare delivery system and monitoring by the doctors and staff in the premiere institute.

Dr. Shubendu Acharya, who was in charge of the ICU, has been removed from his post, while three nursing officers have also been suspended for negligence of duty. Six nursing staff had earlier been transferred to other department wards after th...