Kolkata: The family members of a patient who died at the SSKM hospital in West Bengal’s Kolkata vandalised the trauma care unit, the police said. The incident comes against the backdrop of ongoing protests by the medical fraternity against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
The latest incident took place in the evening when the patient’s family arrived at the hospital and accused the doctors of negligence. They vandalised the facility, the police said. “His family members came to the hospital and started vandalising the area, alleging that negligence by doctors had led to the youth’s death,” a police official said. A large police team intervened to resolve the situation, but no arrests have been made so far, the police added.