Patna: Family members of a woman from Saharsa with a rare disorder that affects one in one lakh patients have alleged that she was asked to vacate her bed in the emergency wing of Patna Medical College and Hospital (PMCH) on Monday, and that the nurses evicted them by force when she had gone to the bathroom.

Geeta, 21, a native of Barahi village in Saharsa district around 240km northeast of Patna, suffers from a disorder called haemolacria, a rare condition in which the person sweats blood from various body parts.

"When Geeta went to the bathroom, some hospital nurses came and asked her parents to get Geeta's bed vacated," said Saroj Kumar from Barahi who accompanied Geeta at the PMCH.

"They were telling us to shift Geeta from the emergency wing to the ward but when Geeta's parents pleaded with the nurses that let Geeta come and then they would get the bed vacated, they forcefully drove them out of the emergency wing. When Geeta returned from the bathroom, she called up her parents on phone and got to know about the incident."

Saroj said Geeta, who was already disturbed because of her disorder which according to doctors strikes one among 1 lakh patients, decided to leave the government hospital immediately after the episode. Her parents admitted to her a private hospital, Udayan Hospital on Boring Road, on Tuesday.

The Telegraph's Repeated attempts to contact PMCH superintendent Deepak Tandon for his version of the incident proved futile.

State health minister Mangal Pandey admitted that he had personally called up the PMCH on Monday to admit Geeta in the emergency wing and later when he got to know about the allegation of Geeta's family members, he called up the PMCH authorities again.

"The PMCH superintendent has informed me that nothing of this sort has happened," Pandey said.

"However, I have asked him to probe the matter. I also called up Geeta's family and asked them to return to the PMCH for Geeta's treatment but they refused," the minister added.

Doctors attending to Geeta at Udayan Hospital said they were trying to find out the best mode of treatment for her since it is a very rare disorder.

"We are going to conduct a few pathological test including haemoglobin and other blood tests, after which we would decide the line of treatment," said Dr Kunal Verma, medical officer of Udayan Hospital.

"So far, seeing the financial condition of the patient, nothing has been charged to the family. We don't intend to charge for Geeta's treatment but a final decision will be taken later."

Verma said that at the PMCH Geeta had been given two units blood and right now there was no need of further blood transfusion.

"Geeta bleeds from her eyes, nose, ear, soles and also during urination," Verma explained.

"The patient feels extremely week due to this. Her platelet count drops. Haemoglobin also falls. Right now there is no scientifically proven treatment for this disorder. The treatment is basically symptomatic."