**Rourkela**: In a shocking incident, a patient was allegedly beaten to death by a co-patient at Rourkela Government Hospital here on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Sambunath Mundari of Dharanidhar village under Gurundia block of Sundargarh district.
According to reports, the accused Jadav Munda attacked the deceased Mundari with an iron rod leaving him critically injured.
“A patient suddenly attacked our patient without any reason as far as I know. I saw my brother bleeding profusely following this I informed this to hospital staff. The doctor came and checked him,” Sukhilal Mundari, younger brother of the deceased said.
Though the reason behind the attack was not known, police are investigating the matter.
“In the morning, the emergency doctors called me that a patient beaten to death by a co-patient in the night. I told them to inform the police and keep the body in morgue,” Dr Sasanka Kabi Satpathy, Deputy CMO, Rourkela said.