2 held for assaulting doctor, medical staff in Madurai hospital
Madurai: Two relatives of a patient who were involved in assaulting a doctor and other staff members of a private multi-speciality hospital have been arrested in Madurai on Wednesday.
According to a media report in the Times of India, the incident took place around 4AM on Wednesday morning, when one of the accused admitted his son with injuries to an emergency ward in the hospital. The doctor suggested performing a surgery. However, the father and another relative of the patient verbally abused the staff of the hospital, including doctors and nurses and prevented them from giving any treatment.
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They also physically assaulted and threatened a doctor, reports the TOI.
The police stated that the two men who caused the assault were drunk. The hospital officials had subsequently filed a complaint in connection with the incident.
Following that, the Mattuthavani police registered a case under sections 294(b), 323, 506(ii) of IPC r/w 48(3) of the Tamil Nadu Hospital Protection Act and arrested the duo. The accused have been identified as a 31-year-old and 47-year-old residents of Thathaneri.
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