TB patient on ventilator allegedly raped in India

NEW DELHI: An unidentified employee of a leading multispecialty private hospital has been booked on the charge of raping a 21-year-old tuberculosis (TB) patient, who was in a semi-conscious state and on a ventilator.

The incident allegedly took place at the Fortis Hospital in the Indian city of Gurugram where the woman was being treated at the intensive care unit, according to Indian media reports.

The woman was admitted to the hospital on October 21. She gained consciousness six days later, on October 27 and wrote a note to her father, writing down the name of the alleged rapist,

According to Usha Kundu, assistant commissioner of police, the woman, who is a college student, was admitted to the hospital on October 21.

The victim gained consciousness six days later, on October 27 and wrote a note to her father, writing down the name of the alleged rapist. Later, the woman’s family filed a complaint of rape with police.

The assistant commissioner revealed that the suspect has been identified, however, he had not been arrested yet. “The woman informed her father that the man who raped her was named Vikas and is a non-medical outsourced staffer at the hospital,” Usha added.  

Usha further informed that CCTV footage has been recovered and the hospital staff was being questioned by police over it. “We are verifying all the details before arresting the suspect,” she added.

Commissioner of Police KK Rao said that protection had been provided to the woman and that a board of doctors from the civil hospital had conducted a medical investigation on Wednesday.