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Case against couple for assaulting hospital staff in Mumbai for death of nephew
Mumbai: A couple has been slapped with a case for allegedly assaulting and abusing medical staff at Krantijyoti Mahatma Jyotiba Phule Hospital in Vikhroli following the death of their 15-year-old nephew.
The accused, Raju Reddy and his wife, Sarita, residents of Mahatma Phule Nagar in Powai, were booked under the relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Maharashtra Prevention of Violence Against Medical Personnel Act, 2010.
The teenager, Yuvraj Bhise from Vikhroli (West), was admitted to the ICU after a suicide attempt by hanging. Despite life-saving measures like oxygen and ventilator support, his condition worsened.
Doctors advised the family to shift him to Sion hospital, but before that could happen Bhise's condition deteriorated further.
According to the complaint by nurse Shital Sankpal, when Dr Vinod Uduli informed the family that transferring Bhise was no longer viable, Reddy and Sarita stormed into the ICU, abusing and physically attacking the staff.
They allegedly pulled off masks, pushed personnel, and disrupted treatment efforts. Hospital staff had to forcibly remove them and secure the ICU. At 5.51 am, Bhise was declared dead, but the couple continued to cause a disturbance outside.
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