Patients at St Giles Hospital are treated fairly and with care, Minister for Health Dr Ratu Atonio Lalabalavu says.

The Minister made the statement following viral videos of an awareness session by a member of the Fiji Police Force, in which claims were made that food given to patients at St Giles Hospital was being thrown at them and that patients were being bathed using hose pipes.

Dr Lalabalavu has dismissed the allegations as false, stressing that patients at St Giles Hospital are treated with dignity, fairness and great care.

He says the Ministry of Health takes such allegations seriously and has reached out to the Commissioner of Police to address what it considers to be false complaints.

Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police is yet to respond to Fiji One News regarding the matter.

BY: LITIA RABUA