RAJKOT: Rajkot civil hospital is in news again, this time for wrong reasons. A video of a covid patient being beaten by security personals and
nursing staff wearing
PPE in the lobby of the hospital has come to light. The hospital administration in it’s defense said that he was a psychologically disturbed patient.
in the video a nursing staff can be seen sitting on the chest of the patient and rebuking him saying “I had told you not to do it”.
The other nursing staff can be seen slapping him following a security person also slap the patient. A securing personnel is seen putting his foot on the neck of the patient while a nursing staff member can be seen tying his hands. The patient is heard begging for water.
The patient identified as
Prabhashankar Patil (38), is covid positive and also suffers from diabetes and hypertension. The hospital administration in a statement said he was “psychologically disturbed Covid positive patient and was restrained and given psychiatric treatment.”
Medical Superintendent of civil hospital Dr. Pankaj Buch said, “The patient was trying to hurt himself and other patients. His behaviour was reported by on duty nursing staff and resident doctors. The staff was trying to make him understand to calm down, the restraining activity was done by taking care not to hurt him and thereafter he was given treatment under the guidance of the psychological department of the hospital.”