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Injured lash out at docs, allege they were denied medical care
Himani Chandel/TNS

New Delhi, June 5
Raj Bala (54), a resident of Gurgaon, is fighting for life at GB Pant Hospital. Bala suffered neck injuries and broke her spinal cord leading to paralysis during the lathicharge by the police yesterday at Ramlila Maidan, the venue where yoga guru Ramdev was holding his indefinite hunger strike.

A supporter of yoga guru Ramdev sits under an empty marquee after his supporters were forcefully evicted by the police from the Ramlila Maidan where he was observing a fast against corruption, in New Delhi on Sunday. — Reuters

“She is undergoing an operation. But the doctors have said her condition is critical though they are trying their best. Nothing can be said as of now,” said Anil Malik, son of Raj Bala.

There were hundreds of patients, who were refused to get admitted to the hospital and were discharged without any medical checkup. According to those admitted, the doctors refused to see them after the police ordered them not to attend the patients.

The relatives of the victim said they waited for 4-5 hours to get hold of a doctor.

“We bought her to the hospital at around 1.30 am, but there was nobody to look after the patients. Many were seen loitering around in wait of the doctors,” said Anil Malik.

He said it was only after the pressure from media and opposition leaders that the hospital finally admitted his mother. “Had the doctors given her first aid, her condition would have been stabilised by now,” said Vikas, Bala’s nephew. “We also had to wait for half an hour to get the ambulance to shift her from one building to the other,” he added.