On-duty doctor attacked at Nadapuram Taluk hospital, case registered

Kozhikode: In a shocking incident of attack on an on-duty doctor in Kerala, two persons who came to the hospital seeking treatment allegedly assaulted a doctor at Government taluk hospital in Nadapuram.

The on-duty doctor, a native of Chalakkudy in Thrissur became a victim of violence after attempting to calm the ruckus created by two unidentified persons at the hospital following which the police registered a case against them under the Hospital Protection Act based on the doctor's complaint.

The incident happened around midnight on Wednesday when one of the accused who came to the hospital for treatment began complaining of ear congestion. Although the accused had previously visited another hospital for ear pain, the doctor there did not prescribe any medicine since the pain did not subside. Therefore, he came to this hospital for treatment.

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Following this, the doctor prescribed medicines for him and informed the nurse to administer nebulization to him. Later, the other person too sought treatment for ear congestion but the nurse refused to administer injection to him, Onmanorama reports.

The situation began to escalate when the nurse told him that he needed to take an outpatient ticket for getting treatment. The person started creating a ruckus at the hospital to which the other one who was undergoing treatment also raised his voice at the nurse.

The accused shouted and verbally abused the hospital staff. Hearing the commotion, the doctor reached the ward and tried to intervene in the argument to calm the situation.

However, the plan backfired and he was pushed and assaulted by the accused.

Currently, the police are trying to identify the persons through the CCTV footage of the hospital. An investigation into the case is underway.

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