'Two nurses in room did not intervene': Flight attendant on ventilator support 'sexually assaulted' at Gurgaon hospital

GURGAON: A 46-year-old trainee flight attendant, who came to the city for a workshop, has lodged a police complaint, alleging that she was sexually assaulted by a ward staffer while on ventilator support at Medanta Hospital earlier this month.
The hospital has released a statement, saying the allegations hadn't been substantiated yet and needed to be probed thoroughly.
Police said the woman - originally from Bengal - had nearly drowned in a swimming pool while undergoing the training programme with a major airline. Her husband took her to a private hospital.

On April 5, he transferred her to Medanta, where she underwent emergency treatment for over a week.
According to the complaint, the ward staffer allegedly assaulted the woman on April 6, when she was on ventilator support and in a semi-conscious state.
"She was not in a condition to speak or resist the man's advances because of her weakened condition. There were two nurses in the room, but they did not intervene," according to the FIR.
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After she was discharged from the hospital on April 13, the flight attendant confided in her husband and lodged a complaint at Sadar police station. A case was registered for molestation and other relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita the next day.
Police said they got the woman's statement recorded before a magistrate. "An investigation has been initiated, and efforts are on to arrest the accused. We are scanning CCTV footage sourced from the hospital," an official said.
The hospital, responding to the allegations, issued a statement. "We have been made aware of a complaint from a patient and have been cooperating with the investigations conducted by relevant authorities. At this stage no allegations have been substantiated, and all relevant documents including CCTV footage from the hospital for the time period in question, have been handed over to the police. We remain committed to supporting the process of investigation," it read.
(The victim's identity has not been revealed to protect her privacy as per Supreme Court directives on cases related to sexual assault)