Gujarat: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital staff allegedly assault patient, mother

AHMEDABAD: The new Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Hospital has made the news again, this time as security staff allegedly assaulted a woman and her son, who had come to the hospital for a heart.
The AMC, however, claimed that the mother and son had attacked staffers and security personnel who intervened. AMC officials said the matter reached the police station, but a ‘compromise’ was worked out there.
Jayshree Dave said, “On Wednesday, my son Sunny and I had gone to SVP Hospital to get his reports.After reaching the designated window, they were told to wait. We decided to go and consult the doctors in the meantime. After an hour when we returned, the staff again told us to wait.”
Dave further said when the wait grew too long, her son took out his mobile phone and started making a video. “He stated the fact that we were made to wait for more than two hours just to pick up a report. The hospital staffers then call the security guards, who arrived and started hitting him. When I intervened, the women security staffers started beating me,” said Dave.
She said that the security staffers took her son outside and when she got there, she found that they were beating him. “I immediately dialled 100 and the police reached the spot,” Dave said.
She said the hospital agreed to apologize in writing after which they did not file a complaint. Meanwhile, a statement from the hospital stated that the son was suffering from major adjustment disorder with depression and when they were told to wait for the MRI report, the mother and son attacked staffers. “They even attacked the security staff who intervened,” the statement said.