Hyderabad: Doctors continue to protest at Gandhi Hosp. after patient's kin beat up staff

Doctors continued to protest in Hyderab's Gandhi hospital on Thursday, boycotting ir duties in state run COVID-19 care hospital for second day. doctors have been protesting since Tuesday evening after a junior doctor was beaten up by a deceased patient's relatives. 

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Doctors continue protests 

" doctors have t attended patients since Tuesday night. health minister h arrived after 24 hours of protest. We have given a letter to Superintendent of Gandhi Hospital. We will protest unless our demands are fulfilled," a doctor told ANI.  

Navyeep, President of Junior doctor association said, "At this COVID hospital, we are risking our lives and saving patients and people are beating us. This is t fair and this has been happening for quite some time. We don't want to get away from our duty."

doctors have w demanded police deployment that would guarantee ir protection. "Junior doctors are protesting after a doctor was manhandled. We will discuss situation with students. hourable minister is inquiring about situation from time to time," said Raja Rao, Superintendent of Gandhi Hospital.

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Many of  protesting doctors held placards that re, 'We Want Justice,' 'We Condemn Attack', Increase Security and 'Save Doctors', among ors, PTI reported. A protesting doctor told reporters that a doctor on duty was attacked by some attendants of a patient with a chair after patient collapsed and passed away in a washroom.

patient could t be revived through resuscitation and attendant attacked doctor when latter was explaining situation to him, he alleged. "A metal chair was also thrown at duty doctor, he said. patient was t supposed to move out of bed in view of his condition," he said.

Police has arrested two people and registered a case under IPC and under relevant sections of Epidemic Diseases Act and Telangana Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions Act 2008. "Under any circumstances, attack on medical staff will t be tolerated and firm and legal action will be taken," police said ding: "In this time, doctors are our frontline leers." 

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(Im credits: ANI)