Film crew shooting inside China hospital ICU tells grieving family to ‘cry softly’ sparking public outrage
- Crew member poses as hospital manager, threatens lawsuit for disrupting filming, prompting family to demand hospital issue public apology
A hospital in central China is under fire after a film crew reportedly asked a grieving family to lower the volume of their crying in order to “not disrupt the filming”.
The family’s mother, who was in the intensive care unit (ICU) for treatment, passed away later that evening.
The incident took place at Hopeshine Minsheng Hospital in Henan province on May 31.
Yu, a family member who did not disclose his full name, posted a video clip of the incident online.
The video showed the film crew setting up a large piece of lighting equipment and aiming it towards a hospital bed. Various filming equipment was scattered around the room.
The shoot took place approximately 15 metres away from the ICU, near the doors to an operating room that was not in use at that time.
