Faisalabad, Sep 23
A teenage patient was raped by an employee of a hospital in Faisalabad, Pakistani media reported on Monday.
"An employee at Allied Hospital in Faisalabad allegedly raped a teenage patient on hospital premises on Sunday. The complainant, the patient’s mother, filed an first information report (FIR) with the Civil Lines police under section 376 of the Pakistan Penal Code that she brought her ailing daughter to the hospital for medical tests," reported.
According to the newspaper, the suspect took the girl to the labour room and allegedly kept her for three hours, administered an anesthetic, and raped her while she was unconscious.
The report mentioned that the girl's mother found her daughter lying unconscious and, upon regaining consciousness, told her about the assault.
Pakistan remains one of the most dangerous countries for women with Lahore and Faisalabad reporting the maximum cases of violence against females.
According to a report released by Islamabad-based Sustainable Social Development Organisation (SSDO), Faisalabad emerged as the epicentre of a harrowing surge in violence against women, reporting 728 cases in 2023.