Student gang-raped in Multan’s Nishtar Medical University
A student of Multan’s Nishtar Medical University (NMU) was reportedly kidnapped from the university campus and gang raped by two men.
Media reports suggest that the prime suspect, who kidnapped the student, is an employee of the university, while the second suspect is his friend.
An initial investigation by the police says that the suspects drove the girl to an unknown location, away from the university premises and raped her.
Dawn quotes Multan Regional Police Officer (RPO) Sohail Chaudhry as saying that the police acted promptly upon receiving the information and arrested the two suspects.
Dawn’s Asif Chaudhry reported that a senior NMU doctor said that the girl was in trauma.
The doctor also claimed that senior doctors are putting pressure on the university and hospital management to take up the matter with the police.
However, a medical examination and DNA testing are yet to be carried out.
Multan Cantonment SP Tahir Majeed told media that the police is trying to get a medical examination and DNA test to proceed with the case.
Notably, Nishtar Medical University Multan has been in the spotlight for the last few months because of the violation of medical protocols at the dialysis unit, causing more than 30 patients to contract Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infections during dialysis treatment at the medical centre on October 26.
The incident surfaced when a patient breathed his last of HIV/AIDs complications and was identified as Shahnawaz (40). He was under treatment at the nephrology department of the hospital, where the doctors contacted the institute’s top management to refer him to the isolation ward for immediate care soon after he tested positive for HIV/AIDs after the completion of a dialysis session.
Following the incident, panic spread among the doctors, nurses and other employees of the nephrology department when news broke out that HIV/AIDS infections were transmitted to 30 other patients.
Investigation revealed that the police identified 30-35 people, including the Nishtar Hospital staff, who were behind the alleged tampering of the record of the kidney patients tested positive for HIV/AIDS.
However, the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) expressed support for the medics, including the Nishtar Medical University (NMU) Vice Chancellor, who was suspended for negligence that resulted in infections of dozens of kidney patients with HIV in the hospital based on the findings of the probe committee made by the Chief Minister Punjab Maryam Nawaz.