LAHORE: Multan police on Sunday registered a case against the Nishtar Hospital administration after an under-treatment policeman died after falling into an open manhole at the hospital.

As per police, Ammar Yasir, a constable, was admitted to the Nishtar Hospital on May 3 with dengue fever. On Saturday afternoon, the patient went for a walk outside the ward and fell into an open manhole and died.

A Rescue 1122 team called on the scene recovered the body from the manhole and handed it over to his family.

Victim’s father Ghulam Ahmad Malik later approached the Cantonment police station and lodged a complaint against the hospital administration for not taking care of his son and also not covering the manhole on the hospital premises.

He demanded registration of a case against the hospital administration, seeking justice for his son. “My son was deployed in Rojhan for Katcha area operation, where his condition deteriorated after suffering from dengue fever and was admitted to the hospital,” he said.

The Cantonment police registered the case against the hospital administration under section 322 (Punishment for qatl-i-besabab) of the Pakistan Penal Code (PPC) and started investigation.

Published in Dawn, May 8th, 2023

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