Hospital staff detained for sexually harassing COVID-19 patient

Police on Tuesday arrested a staff of City Diabetic Hospital from Hafiznagar area in Khulna on charge of sexual harassment of a woman who was taking COVID-19 treatment there, reports BSS.

The hospital authority earlier discharged him from his duty and shifted the patient to her home isolation on Monday, said Radhe Shyam Sarkar, officer-in-charge (OC) of Sonadanga Model police station.

Arrested Nazrul, a ward boy of the hospital, which has been turned into Corona Dedicated Hospital, sexually harassed the woman after wearing PPE around 2.00am on 14 June and managed to flee, the OC added.

On 6 June, the woman was admitted to the hospital for taking COVID-19 treatment.

A case was filed in this connection.