A 46 years old woman patient working a air hostess alleged the incident when she was on a ventilator in the intensive care unit (ICU) of Medanta Hospital on April 6 was sexually assaulted by a male hospital staff worker. Police started investigation, CCTV footage scanned, and assured that the accused will be arrested.
Gurugram: A casea of sexual harassment of an air hostess, a female patient has come to light at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram. The victim alleged that a hospital staff misbehaved with her while she was on the ventilator in ICU. The woman said the incident took place on 6 April, a day after she was admitted to the hospital. The police have registered a case and started an investigation, CCTV footage was scanned and the police said the accused will be arrested soon. It is said that the 46-year-old woman a resident of West Bengal, presently staying in a hotel in Gurugram since past few days ago brought for the treatment at Medanta Hospital, since her health deteriorated after drowning in the swimming pool and she was unconscious during the incident and she was treated at Medanta hospital for about a week.
On April 13, the woman had lodged a complaint at Sadar police station about sexual harassment by the staff of Medanta Hospital. The woman in her complaint said that she was on a ventilator at that time, so she could not speak anything and was very scared. She was unconscious during the incident. Meanwhile, Sadar police station has started investigating after registering the the case. Sadar police station said that the victim’s statement has been recorded before the magistrate. As per the FIR, the woman was not in a condition to speak or resist the man’s advances because of her weakened condition. She said, there were two nurses in the room, but they did not intervene, read the FIR.
The police team is examining the footage of the hospital’s CCTV cameras to identify the accused. The accused will soon be identified and arrested. However, the sexually harassed victim remained under medical care until she was discharged on April 9. After returning home, she informed her husband about the incident, and the couple then approached the police when a First Information Report (FIR) had been filed at the Sadar police station against unidentified hospital staff. The police spokesperson assured that the accused would be arrested soon. Meanwhile, in a statement, Medanta Hospital said, “We have been made aware of a complaint from a patient and have been fully cooperating with the investigations conducted by the police authorities. At this stage, no allegations have been substantiated, and all relevant documents including CCTV footage from the hospital for the time period in question, have been handed over to the police.
