Kozhikode MCH Sexual Assault Case: Survivor seeks re-investigation into her complaint

Kozhikode: The survivor of the sexual assault case at Kozhikode Medical College Hospital (MCH) has expressed her dissatisfaction with the police investigation report regarding her allegations against the gynaecologist which ruled no negligence on the doctor's part. She decided to seek re-investigation into the matter.

The report submitted by the police denied the allegations against the doctor regarding the failure to collect scientific evidence and properly document the survivor's statement. It stated that the doctor had indeed relayed the survivor's statement to the investigating officers. Additionally, it contended that the investigation team could not find any motive for Dr *** and her junior doctor to help anyone involved in the case.

“Dr ** has written in the case sheet the same things that the complainant said during the examination. The same things have been told to the investigating officers as well. Therefore, no negligence on the part of the doctor was found and no further action is required in the complaint,” said the report.

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Questioning the authenticity of the report, the survivor stated no junior doctor came along with the gynaecologist during her examination. Claiming several parts of the reports untrue, the survivor plans to meet the Inspector General and demand a re-investigation into the existing probe report.

As per TNIE reports, the police shared the investigation report with the complainant two days ago following a two-week-long protest in front of the police commissioner's office which ended recently after she received the report. 

Medical Dialogues team had earlier reported that the survivor held a sit-in protest in front of the city police commissioner's office after the North Zone Inspector General of Police K Sethuraman IPS failed to keep his promise to provide the police investigation report within three days to the survivor despite the Chief Minister’s Office intervention.

Meanwhile, speaking to the Daily, the survivor said, “The name and statement of a doctor, a second-year PG student, have been included in the police report now. No junior doctor came along with Dr Preethi when she examined me. That junior doctor was not a witness in any of the chargesheets filed by the police in court. I will demand a re-investigation,” 

“My statement to the gynaecologist has not been used as evidence in this investigation report, nor those of my relatives. The report is solely based on the statements of the doctor and her associates. I suspect that is the reason why the police were hesitant to share it with me,” she told The Hindu. 

In March 2023, a woman patient admitted to the post-surgery Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Kozhikode Medical College Hospital was allegedly raped by a 55-year-old employee at the hospital on March 18. The victim claimed that the employee exploited her while she was in a semi-conscious state after undergoing thyroid surgery at the medical college hospital.

Following this, five hospital staff were suspended for attempting to influence the accused and Chief Nursing Officer and Nursing Superintendent were transferred for failing to address a complaint filed by a Senior Nursing Officer who stood by the rape survivor in the case.

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