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Mar 19, 2023 12:15 AM IST
The incidental happened astatine Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) to which the infirmary is attached, and the accused was arrested connected the aforesaid night, constabulary and infirmary officials said.
Mysuru A diligent was allegedly raped connected Friday nighttime astatine a authorities infirmary successful Karnataka's Kalburgi district, officials said.
Soon aft the incident, the accused was arrested aft the comparative of a diligent caught clasp of him and alerted the information staff
The incidental happened astatine Gulbarga Institute of Medical Sciences (GIMS) to which the infirmary is attached, and the accused was arrested connected the aforesaid night, constabulary and infirmary officials said.
“The diligent was being treated successful the infirmary for the past six months and she is not mentally sound. When the incidental occurred, the 2 information unit were changing shifts, making it casual for the accused to sneak into the ward,” said Dr Ambaraiah Rudravadi, territory surgeon of GIMS hospital. “As the diligent could not power quality calls, the different patients successful the ward were reluctant to enactment adjacent the patient. So, the ward was isolated erstwhile this incidental occurred,” helium added.
“The infirmary has 750 beds and we are facing a shortage of information staff. Such an incidental has not earlier occurred successful the hospital. We person already submitted a connection to higher authorities to name much information astatine nighttime since they enactment successful 3 shifts,” Dr Rudravadi said.
Soon aft the incident, the accused was arrested aft the comparative of a diligent caught clasp of him and alerted the information staff. “We person registered a lawsuit against the accused nether IPC conception 376 (rape), based connected the ailment of a GIMS unit caregiver astatine the Brahmaputra constabulary station,” a constabulary authoritative said.
Dr Rudravadi said, “We are identifying the work doc and different unit who were connected work and verifying information lapse. We volition nonstop a study to higher aesculapian acquisition authorities soon.”
GIMS manager and dean Dr Kavitha Patil said, “The infirmary is facing a shortage of staff. The territory infirmary authorities should get the support for their needs from us. We volition respond instantly to the requirements of the infirmary arsenic this is the lone infirmary successful the territory office and mediocre patients beryllium upon it.”
