COVID-19 patient faces flak over food complaints, apologises

Bhopal, Apr 30 () A COVID-19 patient, whocomplained about not being provided non-vegetarian food duringhis hospital stay here, later apologised for it and thankedthe doctors who took care of him, an official said onThursday.

The man made a series of videos from his bed at aprivate hospital and in one of the clips, he expresseddispleasure over not being served non-vegetarian food.

However, after he uploaded the clip on social mediaand faced criticism for his remarks, he posted another videoin which he expressed regret over it and thanked MadhyaPradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouha and the doctorsfor the arrangements made for his treatment.

Authorities at the hospital said the man wasdischarged on Tuesday after recovering.

Earlier this month, a 25-year-old man, who in aTikTok video ridiculed the use of masks for protection againstCOVID-19, later tested positive for the disease in MadhyaPradesh's Sagar district.

In one of the videos, apparently shot after theCOVID-19 outbreak in the country, the man was purportedly seensitting on a bike and when someone asked him to wear a mask,he dismissed it, saying why trust a piece of cloth, keep faithin God. ADU MASGK GK