Four doctors were beaten up by the relatives of a deceased patient at Nagpur’s Government Medical College and Hospital (GMC). The incident took place in the Ward No 86 Radiology department of GMC around 12 noon on Monday.
A patient was brought to GMC for treatment in critical condition due to abdominal pain. However, the patient’s health suddenly deteriorated while doing a CT scan. The patient died while being admitted to the intensive care unit. Alleging that the patient’s death was caused by the doctor’s negligence, the patient’s relatives started beating the doctor.
Meanwhile, the security guards present caught the patient’s relatives. Ajni police have arrested the relatives who assaulted the doctor and registered an FIR against them.
MARD president Dr. Sajal Bansal has condemned the incident and demanded strict action against those who beat the doctors. He said that the issue of the safety of doctors working in GMC has become serious. He has demanded that proper security should be deployed in GMC for the safety of the doctors.