Chennai Oncologist stabbed 7 times by patient's son, critical
In a horrific incident, an oncologist on duty at Kalainagar Centenary Hospital in Chennai was stabbed seven times by a patient's son today. After receiving several stab wounds in his neck, head, and upper chest, the doctor was rushed to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the same hospital in critical condition.
According to eyewitnesses, the hospital staff apprehended the assailant and handed him over to the police. Police arrested the assailant, identified as a 25-year-old man from Perungalathur, IANS has reported. The accused, identified as Vignesh was apprehended along with his three friends who had accompanied him.
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