Nitin Patel defends Rajkot hospital staff who ‘pinned down, beat up’ Covid patient

By: Express News Service | Gandhinagar |

Updated: September 23, 2020 6:10:32 am





Nitin Patil. (File)

Defending the medical staff at the Gujarat government-run PDU Hospital in Rajkot, in reference to a recent incident of paramedics beating and pinning down a Covid-19 patient at the hospital, Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, on Tuesday, said that the hospital staff in the ward did not attack the patient, rather, they were trying to control him.

The patient was under an attack of delirium and was creating menace in the ward by endangering other patients, Patel said.

Drawing a parallel between the incident and the Gujarat Assembly, the Deputy CM said that even sergeants drive away the MLAs who create menace by coming…

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