Patient attacked with sickle inside Amravati civic dispensary; two accused absconding

A patient was attacked with a sickle inside a hospital premises in Amravati. The incident took place around midnight on Tuesday at the municipal corporation's Lal Dawakhana on Badnera Road. A 57-year-old man was seriously injured. The incident has again raised questions about security on hospital premises.

The injured man is Umesh Tekchand Goswami, 57, a resident of Sushil Nagar.

Goswami was admitted to the Lal Dawakhana on Tuesday evening after his health worsened. Doctors gave him injections and medicines. As he did not get the expected relief, he lay down to rest on the hospital premises.

Around 12 am, two young men who already knew him arrived there. They insisted that Goswami buy them liquor. He flatly refused. The two got angry over this and attacked him with a sickle kept nearby.

Goswami suffered serious injuries to the shoulder, hand and waist. The two men fled the spot after the attack. An autorickshaw driver rushed Goswami, who was lying drenched in blood, to Irwin Hospital, where he is currently undergoing treatment.

A case has been registered at Rajapeth police station under various sections against Veer Praful Shelke and Sandeep alias Munna Raju Shinde. Both live in the Dussehra Maidan slum. Police have begun further investigation on the complaint of the injured Goswami. Both accused are absconding and Rajapeth police are searching for them.

People are worried that a patient who came for treatment was attacked on the hospital premises itself. The incident has underlined the need for tighter arrangements to protect patients and their relatives on hospital premises.