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Patient Falls From Moving Ambulance in Pune; Driver and Ward Boy Suspended
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News18•13-10-2026, 07:59
Patient Falls From Moving Ambulance in Pune; Driver and Ward Boy Suspended
- •In a shocking incident in Pimpri-Chinchwad, an elderly patient fell out of a moving ambulance while being shifted from YCM Hospital to Sassoon Hospital.
- •Eyewitnesses stated the patient fell onto the road because the ambulance door was not properly closed and the vehicle was driven at high speed.
- •After realizing the patient had fallen, the driver drove back a few kilometers, put the elderly patient back inside, and left the spot.
- •Following massive outrage and a municipal notice, ambulance driver Ajitkumar Bhagat and ward boy Gajanan Thombare have been suspended.
- •The viral video of the incident eventually helped locate the patient's relatives who had been searching for him for the past fifteen days.
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Eyewitnesses stated that the senior citizen fell onto the road because the ambulance door was not properly closed and the driver operated the vehicle at high speed without checking.
Following intense public outrage and a viral video of the incident, driver Ajitkumar Bhagat and ward boy Gajanan Thombare were suspended by the authorities.
Investigations revealed that the senior citizen's relatives had been searching for him for fifteen days, and they were finally located after the footage of the incident went viral online.
