8 Junior doctors booked after patient alleges assault at Gorakhpur hospital

“We have registered an FIR against eight doctors of BRD Medical College under IPC section 147 (rioting), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 504 (intentional insult), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 342 (wrongful confinement) on the basis of a complaint by the patient’s wife,” Gulriha inspector Sanjay Singh said.

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The complainant alleged that her husband, Sandeep Singh (35), was admitted to the hospital Wednesday night after he complained of abdominal pain. She said around 2 pm on Thursday, Sandeep requested the medical team to discharge him.

She said their request was denied and one of the junior doctors made unsavoury remarks against her and Sandeep objected to the same. She said the doctors then took her husband to the duty room and assaulted him. She told police that she had made a video of the attack, but the doctors deleted the footage, adding that they also forced Sandeep to write on a paper that he misbehaved with a nurse. 

The police officer said the matter is being investigated.

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that an electrician working in a hospital had been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing a woman, who was admitted to Thrissur Government Medical College Hospital following a failed suicide bid. An electrician employed at Kodungallur Taluk hospital was arrested on the basis of the patient’s complaint. According to the police, the woman, who attempted suicide, was immediately taken to the taluk hospital in Kodungallur. She was later referred to the Government Medical College hospital.

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