Bengaluru woman posing as doctor robs jewellery from patients at private hospital
Compulsory Rural Service
Bengaluru: A 35-year-old female con artist has recently come under the radar of the Ashoknagar police for allegedly stealing 46 grams of gold jewellery from two female patients at St. Philomena’s hospital by posing as a doctor. She is currently absconding.
Wearing a white coat and roaming at the hospital, the woman managed to deceive the patient’s relatives and rob their valuable items under the nose of the hospital authorities. CCTV footage captured the action, which showed the woman entering and exiting the hospital without security asking for her ID or stopping her because she wore a medical coat.
The relative of the patient whose belongings were stolen accused the hospital administration of negligence and security lapses that led to such thefts.
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Interestingly the matter came to light when the relative of a 72-year-old patient found out from a nurse who came to draw blood samples for tests and told him that the woman was not a doctor at the hospital.
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