Jind: Deputy Speaker Krishan Lal Middha on Friday visited the general hospital in Jind after a video showing a patient being assaulted by hospital staff went viral on social media. He inspected the situation and questioned the hospital authorities over the incident. Jind SP Upasana Yadav, DSP Rajiv, civil lines police station SHO Manish Kumar, along with other police personnel, were present during the visit. Civil Surgeon Suman Kohli, PMO Raghubir Punia and the deputy civil surgeon also reached the hospital.Reportedly ,Shammi Nagraj, a resident of Rohtak road in Jind city, had arrived at the hospital’s emergency department with his wife on Friday morning for medical treatment. The patient alleged that doctors misbehaved with him and got him assaulted by the staff present there. Following the incident, a video of the assault went viral on social media. In the footage, a hospital employee can be seen repeatedly punching the patient. A security guard was also present at the spot during the incident.After the video surfaced, the police and the local MLA took notice of the matter. Later, deputy speaker Krishan Lal Middha reached the general hospital directly from Chandigarh and strongly reprimanded the doctors and hospital authorities.Middha said that senior doctors generally behave properly with patients, but some newly recruited doctors have forgotten their responsibilities. He pulled up the civil surgeon, saying that she had failed to take appropriate action against doctors in such cases. He also expressed dissatisfaction with the functioning of the civil surgeon. Expressing his displeasure, Middha said that when doctors misbehave with patients at the general hospital, the government ultimately faces criticism. When civil surgeon Suman Kohli assured him that action would be taken, Middha responded angrily, saying that he would now take action himself in the matter. During the visit, the victim, Shammi, broke down in tears while narrating his ordeal to the deputy speaker.The patient also alleged that he was asked to pay money for treatment. Middha said that as soon as he came across the viral video, he travelled directly from Chandigarh to the hospital.He added that he had been receiving repeated complaints about the behaviour of newly recruited doctors. He had also asked the civil surgeon several times to organise a meeting with the new doctors, but no such meeting had been arranged so far.During the meeting, PMO Raghuvir Punia showed a letter confirming that the employee accused of assaulting the patient had been removed from duty. The employee was working at the hospital through a private company.
