PRAYAGRAJ, May 25 -- Coming down heavily on the Swaroop Rani Nehru (SRN) Hospital in Prayagraj for its "pathetic condition", the Allahabad high court said that it would be better to call it a "mortuary" instead of a hospital.

"Prayagraj is under the grip of medical mafia. Swaroop Rani Nehru Hospital attached to Motilal Nehru Medical College is in a pathetic condition. The poor and helpless patients are being dragged by touts planted by the medical mafia to private medical setups, and are not being treated in the hospitals attached to the medical college," the court said.

"The government medical setup is under a great threat by the private medical mafia of the city," the court added.

The high court took serious note of the report submit...