Delhi: A resident doctor and a medical dresser were attacked allegedly by a patient’s attendant, just days after resident doctors resumed work following an 11-day nationwide strike over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. The incident took place at Doctor Hedgewar Hospital in Karkardooma on Saturday night while the doctor was providing critical care.
The doctor who was assaulted told PTI, “Late Saturday night, around 1:00 am, a patient with a forehead injury was brought to the hospital. I took him to the dressing room to stitch the wound. After I finished the first stitch and was working on the second, the patient suddenly pushed me and began hurling abuses. “His son, who was outside the room, came in, slapped me and they both started abusing me further.” According to the doctor, who requested anonymity, the patient was intoxicated.