Nurse dies in Odisha’s Paradip Port Trust hospital, homicide cost on chief medical officer

By Express News Service

PARADIP: Sudden dying of a 33-year-old nurse who had final yr introduced molestation costs towards a physician of Paradip Port Trust (PPT) Hospital has snowballed into an enormous controversy with members of the family accusing the chief medical officer (CMO) of torture. 

Basing on the allegation, police have registered a case of homicide towards CMO Prahallad Panda and begun investigation. The nurse, Nibedita Jena, had gone to the workplace of the CMO on Saturday to answer a show-cause discover. During the official proceedings, she grew to become unconscious and was shifted to a non-public hospital in Bhubaneswar the place she succumbed on Sunday.

Alleging torture and harassment by the hospital authorities, members of the family and locals staged a dharna in entrance of the hospital. Her father Birabhadra Jena accused the CMO of bodily torture resulting in her dying and demanded stern motion towards him failing which he stated protest can be intensified. 

In August final yr, Nibedita was attending a affected person after her responsibility hours within the hospital when she was allegedly molested by a medical officer. According to her criticism, the physician Badal Singh allegedly touched her inappropriately and requested her to get right into a relationship. He apparently saved pursuing her regardless of her refusal. 

Nibedita went on to lodge an FIR and Paradip Model police detained and interrogated Singh, solely to launch him later  after serving discover underneath part 41 of CrPC. But after his launch, the household stated, the physician saved molesting Nibedita within the hospital.

Even as case was underneath investigation and a departmental inquiry was initiated, the hospital authorities reportedly began mounting stress on the nurse and issued show-cause discover to suppress the case.

The 33-year-old had sought intervention of Chairman, Paradip Port Trust and urged for defense for her job. She met the Chairperson of Mahila Commission final month. On Saturday, Nibedita had gone to fulfill CMO Panda to answer to the show-cause discover. During the proceedings, members of the family stated, she fainted as a result of Panda allegedly bodily abused her. She was then rushed to AMRI hospital in Bhubaneswar the place she succumbed a day later. 

As the information unfold, locals gathered on the hospital and demanded speedy arrest of all of the accused. They referred to as off the stir later after CISF personnel pacified them. Jagatsinghpur SP Akhileswar Singh stated, police have registered a case of homicide basing on allegations of the members of the family and investigation is underway.

IIC of Paradip Model Police Station Subhalaxmi Pujari knowledgeable {that a} homicide case has been registered towards the CMO of PPT Hospital. “Postmortem will be conducted at Kujang hospital after which the body will be handed over to the family. Exact reason behind the death will be known after we get the autopsy report,” she stated.