Sexual assault: Air hostess wants strict action against Medanta staff

The FIR lodged in the case of sexual assault of an air hostess at Medanta Hospital in Gurugram states that nurses noted blood right after the victim was assaulted, but passed it off as menstruation.

‘The Tribune’ has a copy of the FIR.

The air hostess, belonging to Kolkata, stated that she was admitted to the hospital around 10 pm on April 5 by her husband. She was kept on a ventilator in the ICU on the second floor. On April 6, around 9 pm, two nurses changed her clothes and bed sheet, when she heard a man’s voice.

The victim, who was in a semi-conscious state, said the man asked for inventory from the nurses and they started giving details. “I heard that the man asked the sister about the size of my waistband and said he will check it himself. A ventilator pipe was inserted in my mouth and my hands and legs were tied at the time," she stated, giving details of the assault. The man probed her private parts under the sheet.

The nurses told her that he had taken the measurements and went away. “Soon after, a sister came and asked why there was blood on the sheet since it had just been changed. The other sister said maybe my periods had started but was probably afraid and did not tell anyone anything," she said in her complaint.

“On April 8, I was removed from the ventilator and shifted to the ICU. But I did not tell anyone anything out of fear because I was among those people in the same hospital. After that, on April 13, the hospital discharged me in the evening and I came to the hotel with my husband. After that I took medicine and slept. On the next day, I told this to my husband and he dialled 112 and called the police. This is very wrong what happened to me during my treatment in the hospital and I want strict action against the hospital staff,” the victim stated in the FIR.

The police, meanwhile, have no clue about the accused yet. “The police team is examining the footage of the hospital’s CCTV cameras and trying to identify the accused. We are investigating all aspects and the picture will be clear soon,” said a spokesperson for the Gurugram police.

Haryana Tribune