Medical technician held for ‘sexually abusing’ unconscious patient

Suspect allegedly molested the victim during CT scan session


Umer Farooq July 24, 2017
Suspect allegedly molested the victim during CT scan session. PHOTO: REUTERS

PESHAWAR: A medical technician at the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) in Peshawar has been arrested for sexually abusing an unconscious female patient.

The patient S* was brought to the LRH after she fell unconscious at her home in Batkhela. S was first rushed to a Batkhela health facility. However, she was referred to the LRH for a complete medical examination.

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According to the hospital management, the patient was examined at around 5:30am and for further investigation the doctors on duty advised a computerised tomography (CT) scan.

She was then wheeled into the radiology room for the scan, but because of the side-effects of radiation exposure, her family members were asked to wait outside, management officials said.

A few minutes into the procedure, S’s family complained that K*, the medical technician conducting the CT scan, had molested the patient.

It is not certain yet how the matter came to light. According to some accounts, S’s family made the allegation on her behalf as she was unconscious. But by other accounts, S herself began shouting from the room and the relatives went inside. There they saw K touching her inappropriately.

The FIR registered against the technician at Khan Raziq Police station in Qissa Khwani under sections 354 and 509 of Pakistan Penal Code reads: “I [S] felt K’s hands on my body.”

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When contacted, LRH Director Dr Khalid Masood said although a case had been registered by police, a departmental inquiry would also be carried out. He added that if K was found guilty, he would be terminated from service.

“There are no CCTV cameras inside the [radiation] room but let police do their job and we will be carrying out our own inquiry,” Masood told The Express Tribune.

*Names withheld to protect identities

Published in The Express Tribune, July 24th, 2017.

COMMENTS (1)

Faisal | 6 years ago | Reply Even sick people can't get the right treatment with these criminal people lingering in society. I hope they do a thorough investigation and if he is found guilty, I hope he loses his job, gets fined or jailed as penalty by law.
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