Ambulance staff lodges plaint alleging assault
LUCKNOW, Oct. 18 -- An emergency medical technician (EMT) working with the government ambulance service has alleged that three men assaulted him outside Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) in Vibhuti Khand in Lucknow on Saturday after he refused to provide the details of a patient to a caller.
In a written complaint submitted to the officer-in-charge of the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital police outpost, the EMT said the incident occurred after he came out of the hospital after dropping the patient there at 6:21 am.
According to the complaint, the victim received a call from a mobile number while at the hospital. The caller allegedly demanded details about the patient he had dropped. When he asked the caller to identify himself, the call was disconnected.
He claimed that several men allegedly approached the ambulance and assaulted him after he came out of the hospital in the vehicle.
He claimed to have sustained injuries to his eye and other body parts. He also claimed the ambulance driver was present during the incident.
Vishwa Deepak, RMLIMS police outpost in-charge, said the ambulance had brought a patient from Ayodhya to King George's Medical University from where the patient was referred to RMLIMS.
After dropping the patient at the institute's emergency department, the ambulance was leaving the premises when an altercation broke out between the ambulance personnel and a group of young men over a minor issue.
"Police are examining CCTV footage from the area to ascertain the sequence of events and establish the circumstances that led to the altercation. An investigation into the matter is underway," he added....
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