India, Oct. 4 -- A private hospital and its nurses have been charged with endangering the life of a patient, after the mother of a BJP politician fell from her hospital bed and sustained injuries.

A case has been registered by the V B Nagar police in Kurla west after Haji Arfat Shaikh, former president of the Maharashtra State Minority Commission, accused the managing director of the Kurla-based Fauziya Hospital and its nurses of being neglectful towards his injured mother.

According to the complaint, Shaikh's mother fell from her hospital bed, which lacked guard rails. She suffered injuries to her hands and stomach, and her face was also swollen under her eyes. He alleged that the doctors and nurses neglected to attend to her, only pay...