Punjab: Security guards at Punjab’s Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital allegedly manhandled a patient’s relative, a video of the incident went viral on Tuesday.
The 1-minute 54-second footage showed hospital security personnel assaulting the patient’s family in the emergency room of the hospital.
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In the video, the security personnel can be seen shoving and slapping the patient’s relative as tensions escalate in the emergency room. The incident occurred after the relatives of the patient expressed their anger and frustration with the doctors over the treatment being provided.
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Addressing the media, Medical Superintendent Dr Shilekh Mittal said, “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.”
#WATCH | Faridkot Punjab: Patient's relative allegedly manhandled by security guards in the emergency department of Guru Gobind Singh medical college & Hospital.
(Video confirmed by Hospital Administration) pic.twitter.com/oPagzhWLvi
— ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2023
As of now, further details regarding the incident and the circumstances that led to the altercation are yet to be released.
This incident highlights the growing concerns over patient care and doctor-patient interactions in hospitals. Such altercations can have serious consequences, both for the patients and their families, as well as for the hospital staff involved.
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Tragically, incidents like these are not isolated. In a separate event last month in Gwalior, a 75-year-old man passed away in the ICU of a hospital under similar circumstances. The patient’s death was attributed to an event in which the oxygen tubing was ripped off during a heated argument between the patient’s relatives and the medical staff.
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