Odisha Shocker: Patient attendant bites off doctor's ear on being refused entry in labour room
Bhubaneshwar: The latest incidence of violence against doctors has been reported from Odisha where a patient's attendant allegedly bit off a doctor's ear when the doctor tried to block his entry in the hospital's labour room. The incident took place at MKCG Medical College and Hospital in Berhampur
Dr Khan, a postgraduate student of gynaecology and obstetrics department of the medical college had his ear bitten off by a patient attendant whom he refused to grant entry into the labour room
The incident took place on Sunday morning when the doctors admitted a labour patient in the hospital. Apparently, breaking all the social distancing rules, a number of attendants gathered around the labour room.
The husband of the patient tried to enter the labour room but was stopped by the doctors, as they had already allowed another attendant in the labour room. This apparently did not go well with the patient's husband who tried barged into the labour room and attacked the doctors. He also bit one of the doctor's ear in the process.
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