In a shocking incident, a female patient died at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) Hospital after being allegedly raped by her co-patient in Jag Pravesh Chandra (JPC) Hospital in Delhi. Police have arrested the accused in the case.
On June 23, a complaint about sexual assault of the female patient in JPC Hospital was received at New Usmanpur police station.
According to the complainant, the patient was admitted to the hospital on June 21. When she stepped out of the ward during treatment, a co-patient sexually assaulted her leading to further deterioration of her health. Following the complaint, a case under relevant sections of law was registered by police.
The female patient was later admitted to GTB Hospital for specialised treatment where she died during treatment on Wednesday. Medico-legal case (MLC) of the patient has not revealed any external injury.
DCP Ashish Mishra said further action will be taken on the basis of the postmortem report.
AAP's Delhi State President Saurabh Bhardwaj expressed his anger over the incident. "A patient was brutally raped in Delhi Government's government hospital (Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital), and the woman died. I have some questions for (CM) Rekha Gupta ji. How is such brutality possible with a patient in a hospital? Were all the security guards and administration sleeping? Were the CCTV cameras in the hospital not working? How can this happen to a patient in a hospital?", he wrote in a post on X.
