Haryana hospital doctors, staff booked after kin alleges medical negligence, patient's assault

Written by MD Bureau Published On 2020-10-09T09:30:50+05:30 | Updated On 9 Oct 2020 9:30 AM IST

Haryana hospital doctors, staff booked after kin alleges medical negligence, patients assault

Haryana: In a shocking case, a complaint has been registered against the health workers and doctors of Mahatma Gandhi Hospital in Hisar for allegedly assaulting a patient and also treating him with negligence which purportedly led to the death of the patient.

The police informed TOI that a case has been registered on the complaint of the sister of the deceased against the doctor and other employees of the hospital under sections 304 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 34 (common intention) of the IPC at the local Civil Lines police station.

The whole incident has been recorded in the CCTV footage of the hospital. Though no confirmation is made by the police, the police are still investigating the case.

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In the complaint, the sister of the patient stated that he was admitted to the Mahatma Gandhi hospital on September 21st as he was suffering from bowel problems. He was operated on by the doctors on September 30th and was in a stable condition. On the night of 5th October, he was beaten and assaulted up by some of the hospital staff, she alleged.

He was injured and the whole incident has been recorded in the CCTV footage of the hospital but what led the health workers to beat a patient who just underwent surgery has not been clarified yet.

Times of India reports that the complainant also stated that after receiving a beating from the doctors, the condition of the patient declined and the hospital was negligent in providing him with proper medical care. She further added that the doctor did not give necessary information to the family of the deceased regarding his declining health condition and suddenly informed them about the death.

The Sub-inspector Kulbir Singh confirmed that the matter is still under investigation and a case has been registered following the complaint of the kin of the patient. However there has been no confirmation of the alleged beating yet, hence neither the accused have been identified nor any arrest has been made in this regard yet, reports the daily.

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Source : with inputs

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