BAHAWALPUR – A minor girl suffering from Tuberculosis died after a stafferof a private hospital reportedly beat her in Bahawalpur.
Nine-year-old Sonia was brought to the hospital for an X-ray a few days agowhere the machine operator punched her for not following the instructions,deceased’ father said in a statement to police.
“The X-ray technician asked her to stand straight but she was unable to dueto her illness following which the technician punched Sonia and me,” GeoNews quoted the father as saying.
He added that her innocent daughter fell to her death following theincident.
After the aggrieved family protested against the alleged brutal act, policeofficials and the assistant commissioner took up the case.
But, the family of Sonia and hospital administration reached an agreementover the incident on which the application was withdrawn and the case wasnot registered.