Tamil Nadu: Doctors demand increase in security inside govt medical colleges
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After the reported incident of 700 Doctors at Madras Medical College going on strike recently; there has been a surge in demand for security cameras and police presence from the doctors in government hospitals.
The recent incident at the Madras Medical College came to highlight after one doctors was allegedly verbally assaulted and threatened by 4 men.
Also read: Chennai: 4 persons arrested under Hospital Protection Act
The other doctors now second that by asking for increased security, as they continuously feel threatened by patient's relatives attacking them and damaging the hospital property. Such incidents have occurred many times.
Quoting the latest such incident, it has been further alleged that a a patient's visitors assaulted a physician at Government General Hospital. As confirmed by TOI, police arrested R Saravanan, 35, and A Sabari, 30, residents of Villivakkam, for assaulting the doctor and on Sunday arrested three others.
The recent incident at the Madras Medical College came to highlight after one doctors was allegedly verbally assaulted and threatened by 4 men.
Also read: Chennai: 4 persons arrested under Hospital Protection Act
The other doctors now second that by asking for increased security, as they continuously feel threatened by patient's relatives attacking them and damaging the hospital property. Such incidents have occurred many times.
Quoting the latest such incident, it has been further alleged that a a patient's visitors assaulted a physician at Government General Hospital. As confirmed by TOI, police arrested R Saravanan, 35, and A Sabari, 30, residents of Villivakkam, for assaulting the doctor and on Sunday arrested three others.
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