On-duty doctor threatened with same fate as RG Kar medico by patient's kin at Kolkata Hospital
Kolkata: In a shocking incident, an on-duty woman doctor at Apollo Multispeciality Hospital in Kolkata was allegedly threatened with rape and murder by the kin of a patient. The threats reportedly followed an altercation between the patient's family and the doctor over claims of delayed treatment.
According to the PTI report, the son of a patient admitted to a private medical establishment in Kolkata allegedly threatened a doctor there that she would end up with the same fate as the medic of the RG Kar hospital, police said on Thursday.
The incident took place inside the ICU of the private hospital, where the accused threatened to repeat the rape and murder that took place at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The police started an investigation following a complaint was lodged in this regard.
An on-duty junior doctor of the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was raped and murdered inside the facility on August 9. A 58-year-old female patient was admitted to the private hospital on Monday with complaints of shortness of breath and altered mental status, a term used to describe various disorders of mental functioning.
“The patient’s son and his friends have been abusing the hospital staff. They even threatened a doctor inside the ICU last night that her condition would be like that of the RG Kar hospital doctor,” an official of the private facility said, news agency PTI reported.
As per a media report in the TOI, according to a statement released by Apollo Multispeciality Hospital, a 58-year-old woman, Inder Singh, was admitted on Sept 9 with complaints of shortness of breath and altered mental status. "The patient is admitted with a diagnosis of sepsis with acute ischaemic stroke. The patient is currently critical. The patient's son and his friends have been harassing the hospital staff with abusive behaviour in spite of the hospital staff exercising restraint, considering the condition of the patient. But the patient's family and friends have continued to be abusive and threatening in their behaviour towards the hospital staff, '' the statement stated.
The hospital is exercising restraint considering the critical condition of the patient, he said.
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