Karnataka: Allegedly Drunk on duty Doctor stripped by patient's attendants, inquiry initiated
Bengaluru: A doctor attached to a city-based government Hospital is facing a departmental inquiry over alleged alcohol consumption during duty. It is reported that when the doctor did not respond to staff who were calling him for some time, the patients barged into the room and stripped him while he was drunk and shot a video of the doctor.
According to recent media reports, the incident of the doctor being allegedly inebriated on duty came to light on March 1st after staff at the Government Community Hospital in Ajjampura taluk in Chikmagaluru district could not get a response from him.
During that time, a patient was brought to the hospital for treatment. While she was declared brought dead, the patient's family alleged medical negligence by the doctor for not providing the treatment on time resulting in her death.
Thereafter, family members of the patient staged a protest and the matter escalated prompting the police to clear the area.
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