New Delhi: MD Medicine doctor at RML Hospital assaulted over alleged treatment delay
Written By : Adity Saha
Published On 2025-10-06 08:59 GMT | Update On 2025-10-06 08:59 GMT
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New Delhi: In a shocking case of violence against medical professionals, a doctor at Delhi’s Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) Hospital was allegedly assaulted by the relatives of a patient while collecting her blood samples.
The doctor, identified as Puneeth from the Department of Medicine, was on duty when the patient’s family members became angry over what they claimed was a delay in treatment.
According to news reports, the incident took place on Thursday at the hospital’s Emergency Care System (ECS) unit when the doctor, during blood sample collection, was assaulted by the relatives after they became angry, believing that the treatment of the patient was taking too long.
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