A female patient was thrashed badly at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research here on Thursday. The incident took place in the elevator of the new out patient department building, after a fight broke between two patient parties in a tussle to enter the lift.
After the incident, the relatives of the victim informed the police about the incident, but the accused party fled from the spot as the security guards failed to apprehend them. However, during the incident there was no security guard present. The 55-years-old victim, Usha Rani is a patient suffering from Hepatitis-C and she is seeking treatment at PGIMER for the last 15 days and she was at the new OPD to get an endoscopy done.
Around 12:30 pm, she was waiting for the lift at the second floor of the new-OPD when another patient arrived there with her family. When the lift opened both the patient party tried to enter it and a tussle broke between them. After the elevator started to move up, the relatives assisting the other patient party hit Usha on her head, following which she started to bleeding profusely.
The security guards present on the other floor, where the lift stopped, tried to reason with both the enraged parties. Meanwhile, Usha’s husband who was with her called the police and the accused party fled the spot. After the cops arrived, Usha was sent for first-aid. However, no FIR has been lodged in the case.
PGI spokesperson Manju Wadwalker said that the institute received more than seven thousand patients everyday and sometimes minor altercation do take place, but following the incident we have informed the security department and steps will be taken to avoid such incidents in the future.