Jalandhar (The Stellar News): A private hospital at Ramamandi in Punjab’s Jalandhar district, in protest against which the highway was closed by ex-servicemen, has once again come into the limelight. At that time the head of the Ex-servicemen Association was beaten up by the staff in the hospital. This time too, the hospital has come into the headlines for the assault. This time the incident happened with an ASI. The ASI has lodged a complaint against the owner of the hospital at Ramamandi police station, for slapping him.
ASI Jaspal Singh, who reached the Ramamandi police station late in the night, has alleged that his health was not good, his BP was very low and he was feeling dizzy. When he went to the private hospital to get treatment, he was beaten up by the owner of the hospital. The staff also shoved him and banished him from the premises.
ASI Jaspal Singh said that he is a resident of Gulmarg colony and he is posted in police lines. When he was going home after finishing his duty, he suddenly started feeling dizzy. He took his car to go to a private hospital in Ramamandi. There was an accident case so he waited till the people injured in the accident were treated. After that his BP was checked and it turned out to be very low. He was advised to drink Limca with salt in it and few medicines were prescribed to him.
As advised, he drank it and left the hospital. Just a short distance away his health deteriorated even further. He came back to the hospital and when he said that his condition was not well, the owner of the hospital got in a dispute with him and accused him of making accuses. The owner then slapped him in front of everyone and the hospital staff shoved him out of the hospital.
The ASI alleged that the hospital owner has some relatives in the police department under whose shadows he commits hooliganism and the police cannot harm him. He also lodged a complaint on the helpline number, but the police are not taking any action against him due to his connection in the department.
Report: Deepanjot Kaur (Under Training)
