Violence at Delhi Hospital: Patient's Attendant attacks On-Duty doctor, Throws Footwear
New Delhi: When the entire medical fraternity across the country has been demanding the Central Protection Act to ensure the safety of doctors at their workplace, another incident of violence against healthcare professionals took place today at Delhi-based Dr. Hedgewar Arogya Sansthan.
A female on-duty senior resident from the Medicine Department was verbally and physically assaulted by the attendant of a 67-year-old patient, who was suffering from hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular disease and had a Pacemaker, came to Dr. Hedgewar Hospital, Karkardooma emergency with complaints of chest pain and shortness of breath since last three days. The patient was previously undergoing treatment at G B Pant Hospital.
According to the complaint lodged by the doctor to the CMO (a copy of which is with Medical Dialogues team), she was physically assaulted by the patient's attendant in the main casualty, where the attendant threw her footwear on the lady doctor and also verbally abused her.
Sources informed Medical Dialogues the patient was brought to the hospital at around 4 AM today. Due to the condition of the patient, it was not being possible to conduct an ECG. So, after considering the signs and symptoms of the patient and giving initial treatment to stabilize him, the patient was shifted to GTB Hospital in an ambulance along with a Junior Resident doctor.
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