Kundapur Govt Hospital Doctor on emergency duty verbally abused, threatened with death by patient's attendant
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Udupi: A case has been registered against an attendant of a female patient who allegedly verbally abused an on-duty medical officer at Kundapur government hospital and threatened him with death over a dispute regarding the patient's admission process.
According to the complaint, the attendant is the patient's husband who allegedly in a fit of rage verbally assaulted the doctor, snatched his wife's medical records, and tore official documents on the doctor’s table.
The incident occurred around 11:15 p.m. on Sunday when the doctor who has served as an emergency care doctor at the hospital for over two years, was treating a female patient who came in complaining of severe stomach pain with the assistance of another woman.
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In his complaint, the doctor claimed that he examined the patient along with her medical records and recommended her admission for further observation in the presence of a nurse. During the process, the patient's husband arrived at the hospital and he was asked to complete the admission process.
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