Chennai: Woman sexually assaulted during surgery

Chennai | Friday | 14th June, 2019

Summary:

The woman also claimed that the hospital management, during investigation, tried to brand her as a psychiatric patient and claimed her complaint was fabricated. The police, however, found from the records that she had been admitted for a knee surgery and had no mental health issues. Following an accident in Bengaluru, where she lived, Gayathri (name changed) came down to the city for knee surgery at a private hospital. During the investigation, the hospital management allegedly told the police that she was a psychiatric patient and the complaint was fabricated. It was only after reading the patient’s medical file that police came to know she had come for knee surgery..