In a bizarre incident, a 25-year-old woman patient was allegedly molested by a night guard at the surgical ward of State run MGM Medical College and Hospital on the wee hours of Friday.
The victim who belongs to Murakati village in Ghatshila sub-division was undergoing treatment for the head injury. According to information the woman was in the female surgical ward at the first floor of the surgical building and her mother was present in the same ward while attending her.
"I have never expected such kind of behaviour from a guard. I am still in state of shock. At midnight, I felt someone's presence beside me. As I woke up, I saw a man was sleeping beside me, and it was the guard," said the victim.The victim said as she saw the man she checked her cloth and found her cloth missing. She said soon she screamed for help, the guard fled from the scene.
later in the day, as the news spread among other guards who informed the home-guard inspector loco Devgam to find out who was the guard in night duty. Despite a thorough probe it could not be found exactly who was the culprit.
"We are yet to identify the culprit. We are trying to find out the person who had molested the lady patient and if he is a guard, then we will definitely take necessary legal step to punish him," said an official of the hospital. He pointed out that no male person other than the patient's close relative is allowed to visit the ladies' ward after 10 pm.
Hospital superintendent, SK Chowdhury said that he was aware of the alleged molestation of a lady patient. "It is a serious matter and we will try and increase vigil," said Chowdhury.However, officer-in-charge, Sakchi police station, Gopal Singh said there was no complaint of molestation from the medical college hospital as such.
Though the victim has not reported the matter to the police, but the medical college hospital authority as well as the private security agency concerned is investigating into the allegation which spread a fear among the patients.