Woman's Death Triggers Brawl Between Security Guards, Patient's Kin At Faridkot Hospital In Punjab. WATCH
As the video progresses, security personnel can be seen shoving and slapping the patient's relative at the hospital's emergency room.
Security guards in Punjab's Guru Gobind Singh medical college & Hospital on Tuesday allegedly manhandled patient's relative. The video of the incident went viral. The 1-minute 54-second video footage depicts hospital security personnel assaulting a patient's family in Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital's emergency room, news agency ANI reported.
As the video progresses, security personnel can be seen shoving and slapping the patient's relative at the hospital's emergency room.
The incident happened when the relatives of the patient got angry with the doctors over the treatment.
Speaking with media, Medical Superintendent Dr Shilekh Mittal stated: "Yesterday evening a patient came, the patient was serious...she was diagnosed with Metabolic encephalopathy & multiple diseases. The patient died. Her relatives were angry and had a dispute with the doctors. The security guards intervened and stopped the quarrel," ANI reported.
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Dr Shilekh Mittal, Medical Superintendent, says, "Yesterday evening a patient came, the patient was serious...she was diagnosed with Metabolic encephalopathy & multiple diseases. The patient died. Her relatives were angry and had a dispute with the doctors. The security guards… pic.twitter.com/t4tezfwkyk
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2023
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Further details regarding the matter are awaited.
Earlier last month, in a tragic incident, a 75-year-old man passed away in the ICU of a hospital in Gwalior. The cause of death is thought to be an event in which the oxygen tubing was ripped off amid a heated debate between the patient's relatives and physicians.
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