A small riot was sparked when a private Indian hospital denied emergency treatment to a child who died afterwards due to which the hospital faced closure on Wednesday.

Protestors went wild and accused the hospital of turning away a seven-year-old girl who had suffered head injuries in a road accident. The rampage caused a damage of 225,000 dollars.

According to the kith and kin of the deceased, Peerless Hospital demanded 1,100 dollars to admit the child, who was in a critical condition, which is a vast amount for people to pay in such a developing nation.

Surya Kanta Mishrahe, West Bengal state Health Minister said, “If it's proven that the injured were denied admission because they failed to deposit the required money, the government will cancel the licence of the hospital”.

West Bengal's Communist Government took similar action against a private hospital when it denied admission to a patient who was unable to pay.

The hospital is run by a non-banking financial chain, Peerless Finance and Investment. Protests smashed furniture, broke windows and computers and burnt down the restaurant and damaged operating theatres in the rage against the hospital.