A 21-year-old woman admitted at Fortis hospital in Sector-44 on October 21 due to breathing problems was allegedly raped by a man when she was unconscious during the treatment from October 21 to 27.
The victim's father reported the matter to the police only on October 27 when she regained her consciousness and revealed her ordeal to her father.
She reportedly handed a three- page letter to her father and accused a man identified as Vikas. Whether the accused is a hospital staff or not is yet to be known.
In connection with the incident an FIR has been registered at Sushant Lok police Station on Wednesday.
Deputy Commissioner of Police (east) Maqsood Ahmad said that the matter is being investigated. The hospital, CCTV footage are being scanned.
"The victim is not in a condition to record her statement. The statement of the victim will be taken only after clearance from the doctors, he said.
According to the police the victim originally hails from Mahendragarh district and suffers from tuberculosis. She was admitted to Fortis hospital in Sector-44 on 21 October due to difficulty in breathing.
Seeing the woman's condition, doctors had placed her on a ventilator. The woman's father told the police that the woman had regained consciousness on Tuesday. When he went to meet the girl on the instructions of the doctors, the woman wrote to him and told him that she had been physically assaulted. The woman has alleged physical harassment by a man named Vikas.
The girl's father reported to the Sushant Lok police station about the incident and urged the police to carry out a medical test of his daughter.
After receiving the complaint, the police rushed to the hospital to take the woman's statement, but the doctors said that the woman was not in a condition to give the statement.
"The case is being investigated. The parents of the woman do not even know whether the accused is an employee of the hospital or not. We are also questioning the hospital management about the incident. The situation will be clear only after the woman gives her statement. Further investigation is on, the DCP said.
Fortis said in a statement. "The patient was admitted to the ICU with severe respiratory symptoms and pulmonary tuberculosis. The hospital is fully cooperating with authorities and furnishing all information and details."
