16 booked for ruckus at Dera Bassi hospital emergency
Around 16 persons of two groups clashed with each other inside the emergency block of the Dera Bassi Civil Hospital, leading to panic in the wee hours of Sunday.
Chairs, furniture and fire extinguishers were hurled at each other for 15 minutes. Agitated youths misbehaved and scuffled with hospital staff when they tried to intervene. For around 15 minutes, the slugfest continued as patients and attendants ran for safety in the melee.
The duty doctors and paramedic staff called the police, but by then all miscreants had fled the spot.
The hospital staff informed the police that after a clash in Zirakpur, around five persons, including a woman, came here for treatment. Meanwhile, a group of 10-15 persons followed them and started arguing with them inside the hospital. Soon, it turned into a full-fledged brawl. The watchman on night duty reportedly claimed that he had gone to the other building for some work.
On the complaint of Senior Medical Officer Dharminder Singh, a case has been registered against Zirakpur resident Nihal and 15 others at the Dera Bassi police station.
Dera Bassi SHO Mandeep Singh said, “A case has been registered for obstructing public servant in discharge of public functions, mischief under Sections 221, 324 (3), 190, 191 of the BNS and The Punjab Prevention of Damage to Public and Private Property Act has been registered and police is investigating the matter.”
On September 9, two youths pushed and assaulted a medical officer while trying to flee with injections from a store room in the Community Health Centre, Dhakoli. Doctors complained that such incidents are a common thing at the hospital as drug addicts enter the hospital rooms in search of syringes on a regular basis. Two days later, two thieves pushed a doctor at the Dhakoli centre, who was in the family way, while trying to flee with injections. A seven-member district health board was formed to safeguard the interests of healthcare professionals and paramedic staff on duty.
