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Hospital Staffer Reported Arrested Over Dharmendra ICU Leak as Actor Recovers at Home

The episode intensifies scrutiny of hospital privacy safeguards, galvanizing calls for restraint from media and fans.

Overview

  • Multiple outlets, citing HT City, report that a Breach Candy Hospital employee who recorded and circulated a private ICU clip has been identified and arrested.
  • News18, citing CNN-News18 sources, disputes reports of a detention and says an internal inquiry is underway to determine how the video was filmed and shared.
  • Dharmendra, 89, was discharged on November 12 and is continuing treatment at home, with the Deol family requesting privacy and an end to speculation.
  • The hospital is reported to be cooperating with authorities and reviewing privacy protocols following the leak of footage showing an intimate family moment in the ward.
  • Public figures condemned the intrusion, with Amitabh Bachchan decrying a lack of ethics and Sunny Deol rebuking photographers outside the family home, as others urged people not to share the clip.