Hospital attendant commits sexual crime on ICU patient

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Allegations of sexual abuse on a college girl aged 17 has been raised against an employee of a private clinic in Bangladesh. According to media reports, Deepak Chandra Roy, ward-boy at Comilla Medical College Hospital which also is known as ‘Tower Hospital’ in Comilla district has been accused of sexually abusing the girl who was undergoing treatment in the intensive care unit (ICU). Although Deepak has been discharged from the hospital, authorities did not hand him over to law enforcement agency.

On November 20 evening in a video message on Facebook, the elder brother of the victim girl demanded justice for the accused by giving details of the incident. The incident took place on November 18.

After the incident, although the victim student returned home, she became mentally ill. At this stage, her relatives admitted the victim girl in another private hospital. The ‘Tower Hospital’ authorities said that the doctors and nurses in the ICU were also shocked at the incident. However, the accused Deepak’s mobile phone has been switched off since the complaint was filed with the hospital authorities.

The elder brother of the college girl said on Facebook, “When my sister started crying during the late night at Comilla Tower Hospital on Friday (November 18), we rushed to see her at ICU. Then she told us that a ward boy named Deepak had touched her body multiple times. I can’t really describe it”.

He further wrote: “The hospital authorities remained unshocked. They are acting as if such incidents happen frequently, it was only we who had reacted. The accused has been working since 2013. If Deepak has been in the ICU since the beginning, he has done such things regularly”.

“There are Deepaks in other hospitals. Our mothers and sisters are falling victims of their sexual perversion”, the victim’s brother said.

In this regard, the elder brother of the victim told reporters, “My sister fell ill on Friday and lost consciousness. Later we took her to the Emergency Unit of Comilla Medical Center Hospital (Tower Hospital). At that time, a doctor asked her to be taken to the ICU. Then we took her to the ICU. She was there from the afternoon till the next Saturday morning”.

He further said, “On the last night of Friday (November 18), the authorities told us that my sister was screaming and allowed us to enter the ICU. Later, she told us when she was at sleep, a man touched her in different parts of the body during for the whole night in the ICU. Name of the culprit is Deepak. He is a hospital ward boy. Because of repeated sexual abuse, my sister began screaming. My sister fell ill again on Sunday (November 20) and had to be taken to the hospital. She can’t accept it. However, we have lodged a complaint at Tower Hospital. They contacted us. They are also forming an investigation committee”.

Managing Director of Comilla Medical Center (Tower Hospital) Jahangir Hossain told reporters, after this incident the accused Ward boy has been released from the hospital.

Till filing of this report, no case has been lodged with police.

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