Hyderabad: Paediatrician assaulted, IAP threatens to shut OPD services for 24 hours
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Hyderabad: The Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP) members have come out in protest after the senior pediatrician was physically assaulted by two men in his clinic. The doctor was injured after the assault and admitted to a hospital. The two accused have been arrested by the local police.
According to recently media reports, the case concerns a child specialist, Dr Michael Aranha, who runs a clinic at Lingapur Building, Himayatnagar.
Narrating the incident of assault, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) P Vishwa Prasad told the Indian Express, that “After investigation, we found that a woman had gone with a child for check-up and had an altercation with the doctor. She was apparently angry that the doctor made her wait for long. After leaving the clinic she called her husband, who arrived with an accomplice and assaulted the doctor. The motive for the offense is alleged insult of the woman.”
According to recently media reports, the case concerns a child specialist, Dr Michael Aranha, who runs a clinic at Lingapur Building, Himayatnagar.
Narrating the incident of assault, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Central Zone) P Vishwa Prasad told the Indian Express, that “After investigation, we found that a woman had gone with a child for check-up and had an altercation with the doctor. She was apparently angry that the doctor made her wait for long. After leaving the clinic she called her husband, who arrived with an accomplice and assaulted the doctor. The motive for the offense is alleged insult of the woman.”
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