Ludiana hospital denied treatment, doctor misbehaved: Cop

Payal Dhawan | Updated: Apr 8, 2020, 08:56 IST

LUDHIANA: A 32-year-old woman constable faced a harrowing time when a private hospital “denied” her treatment and referred her to civil hospital, where a doctor allegedly misbehaved with her. And when she called up the police control room to lodge a complaint, no cop came to record her statement.
Constable Mandeep Kaur is deputed at Ludhiana commissioner of police office’s complaint branch. She said, “On Monday afternoon, I went to a private hospital on Chandigarh Road for a check-up as I had severe pain in chest. After an ECG test, I was waiting for its report when I started coughing. This scared the hospital staff. I had lemon-sprinkled salad, which affected my throat.”
“On seeing me coughing, the staff said I had coronavirus. Saying they won’t treat me, they referred me to civil hospital and did not even give me the ECG report. I then called up senior cops, who took me to civil hospital. There, I told doctors that I have severe pain in chest. But ignoring that, the doctors took my sample for Covid-19 test,” she added.
“In the name of treatment for chest pain, they gave me an injection and admitted me to the hospital. Around 5am on Tuesday, I again suffered severe chest pain and my left arm went numb. I asked a nurse to call a doctor. But she took me to another building. There, when I asked a doctor for medicine, she started shouting at me. When I told her I was a cop, she said I should take off and save my life rather than working. She misbehaved with me and did not give me treatment for pain,” Mandeep said.
Thereafter, Mandeep called up police control room to lodge a complaint against the doctor. But, nobody came to record her statement till afternoon.
When the TOI took up the matter with police commissioner Rakesh Agarwal, he asked officials to probe into it and take quick action.
CM Captain Amarinder Singh has warned private hospital of action for denying treatment to people.