Aurangabad: Female Doctor attacked after death of a patient, two booked
Aurangabad - A female doctor was allegedly attacked by a relative of a patient at MGM Hospital, Aurangabad after the patient passed away during treatment at the hospital.
An offence was registered against two men for allegedly attackingthe woman doctor following the death of their father at a hospital in Aurangabad city of Maharashtra, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place on Wednesday night when brothers Vijendra and Jitendra Jaiswal, residents of Waluj, admitted their father to a private hospital here, inspector Ashok Giri of CIDCO police station said.
Following the patient''s death within a few hours of treatment, the brothers got agitated and entered into a scuffle with the woman doctor and destroyed hospital property, the official said.
"Our doctor had gone to inform the relatives about the patient's demise when one of them slapped her," said Dr Hampapur Raghavan, the medical superintendent of MGM Hospital, Aurangabad.
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