Aurangabad: Three family relatives allegedly assault resident doctor

As reported by TOI, "Despite informing about the patient's condition, none of the male relatives came to the hospital. When the patient succumbed to the disease, about three male relatives arrived at the hospital and started creating a ruckus. They not only assaulted a resident doctor on duty but also manhandled the nurse, who was pregnant," said Mhaisekar.

Considering the rising assaults on the doctors, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors has demanded that the government amend the Doctors Protection Act, 2010 to increase the imprisonment period from 7 years to 8 years.

"Scenes of doctors being attacked and assaulted by the relatives of the patients has become a regular affair with 32 assaults being reported from state government medical colleges hospitals last year. This is the first case registered this year," MARD president Sagar Mundada said.

The Nanded GMCH has seen seven attacks on resident doctors in the last one-and-a-half years. "In such circumstances, it has become difficult for the resident doctors to render their services," said MARD president (Nanded chapter) Sanju Mutyepod.