Chennai: 27-year-old doctor assaulted by Auto Driver, accused detained
Chennai: An autorickshaw driver has been recently detained by the police on the charges of beating up a doctor at Wallace Garden.
As per a media report in the Times of India, the police said that the incident took place on Monday night when a doctor parked his two-wheeler near an auto stand at Wallace Garden.
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The auto drivers who were there asked the doctor not to park his vehicle there. However, following that, a quarrel emerged between both the parties. When the intensity of the quarrel increased, an auto driver is reported to have assaulted the doctor.
The doctor was eventually given medical treatment as an outpatient. On the basis of the complaint of the doctor, the police have detained the auto driver for inquiry, reports the TOI.
The doctor has been identified as a 27-year-old person of Kanyakumari, who is associated with a private hospital. And the autorickshaw driver has been identified as a 30-year-old person.
The Medical Dialogues team had last reported about an incident of doctor assault where an on-duty casualty medical officer was brutally beaten by the patient due to a delay in providing the treatment. Following that, a young man was arrested for allegedly assaulting a doctor doing emergency duty at CIMS (Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences). Dr. Anshul Bhowmik was the casualty medical officer in charge of the casualty ward of CIMS. The incident took place when a young man came around 11.15 pm and showed the OPD slip and said that he had ear pain. Due to being delayed in the treatment, he started creating a ruckus in the ward. Then Dr. Anshul asked him to keep calm. As a result of this, the young man got upset and started beating the doctor and even tore his clothes. After that, the young man ran away from the hospital.
