{
  "id": 16110556,
  "title": "Mumbai Sessions Court Sentences Chembur Hospital Nurse To 5 Years In Jail For Molesting ICU Patient",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/22/mumbai-sessions-court-sentences-chembur-hospital-nurse-to-5-years-in",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-22T20:54:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-sessions-court-sentences-chembur-hospital-nurse-to-5-years-in-jail-for-molesting-icu-patient"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Mumbai Sessions Court has convicted Sanjay Yadav, a male nurse at Chembur Hospital, for molesting a patient who was admitted in October 2016 due to abdominal pain. The court sentenced him to five years in prison. Sessions Judge VB Bohra emphasized the seriousness of the offence, stating that the accused took advantage of the patient's vulnerable situation while on duty. According to prosecutors, the victim arrived in Mumbai from Kerala on October 13, 2016, and was admitted to the hospital after returning to Mumbai due to severe abdominal pain. CCTV footage captured the nurse touching the patient's breasts and other body parts while the woman was unconscious. The nurse claimed he was preparing the patient for an electrocardiogram, but the victim resisted and informed hospital staff. Eight witnesses, including the victim, doctors, and technical staff, testified during the trial.",
  "summary": "Mumbai, October 22: A sessions court has convicted Sanjay Yadav, a male nurse at a hospital in Chembur, of molesting a woman patient who was admitted with abdominal pain in October 2016. The court sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment, nearly a decade after the incident. Sessions Judge VB Bohra, while sentencing Yadav, observed that the offence was serious, particularly because he was on duty…",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}