Gandhi Hospital: Two Attendants of COVID victim held for assaulting junior doctor with iron stand
The incident triggered protests by doctors who demanded additional security to prevent such incidents and deployment of special protection force at every ICU and on all floors of the hospital.;
Hyderabad: With the massive hue and cry over assault of a junior doctor by attendants of a COVID patient in the government-run Gandhi Hospital, the Hyderabad Police have now arrested two people stating that attack on medical staffs will not be tolerated under any circumstances.
On June 9, a junior doctor was assaulted by relatives of a 55-year-old corona patient who died at the hospital. The patient was asked not to leave the bed, but he went to the toilet. He had diabetes and hypertension and was on a Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) machine. Soon after, the patient collapsed and succumbed.
Following this, the attendants initially attacked the medico with a plastic stool and then with an iron stand, Doctor G. Srinivas, president, Resident Doctors Association (RDA), told IANS. He added that there was no policeman present in the Covid-19 ward.
The incident triggered protests by doctors who demanded additional security to prevent such incidents and deployment of special protection force at every ICU and on all floors of the hospital.
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