AIIMS calls cops to guard Arunima against infection

NEW DELHI: Police were called to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) after a large number of people barged in and insisted on meeting volleyball player Arunima Sinha whose leg was amputated after being pushed off a train in Uttar Pradesh.AIIMSsought police help late on Friday following a verbal duel between its staff anda brother-in-law of the player. The dispute was settled and no formal complaintwas registered."The brother-in-law came with many people to meetArunima. The guard told them that nobody was allowed to meet her as she had hadsurgery. But he started shouting," AIIMS Trauma Centre head M C Misra said.Doctors then called the police."The matter was finally settled. Theproblem is every day this man comes with a large number of politicians. There isa strict restriction on people allowed to meet Arunima as they can spreadinfection," he said.Arunima underwent surgery on Friday. Doctorsapplied a vacuum cleaning device to drain infectious tissue from the amputatedleg. Misra added: "The procedure will help in healing the leg and she is doingfine." Doctors said psychological counselling was also helpingArunima. Two more operations — one on the amputated leg and the other tofix the broken bones of her second leg — will be done nextweek.Arunima was pushed out of Padmawati Express near Bareilly onApril 11 while resisting a chain-snatching attempt during her journey fromLucknow to Delhi. She was brought to AIIMS Trauma Centre on April 18 after aserious infection was noticed in the amputated leg.