Darbhanga: A 60-year-old leprosy patient was allegedly denied admission in DMCH here on Saturday.

Sumit Kumar Mehta, a student on his way to Madhubani, said he found Uday Shankar Jha lying at Darbhanga railway station. He took Jha to DMCH's leprosy ward but found it closed. Sumit alleged Jha was denied admission in the emergency ward, where "the hospital staff were not even ready to touch" him.