The ever-increasing cases of violence against doctors by relatives or attendants of patients has finally prompted the government to mull over drafting a central law which will ensure the protection of the caregivers. More than 75% of doctors in India are reported to have faced violence in one form or the other as per as […]
Dr. Gouri Shankar Mahapatra of the Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital(CNMCH) was attacked by the relatives of a patient on Wednesday. It happened after the patient, 60 year old Mohammad Kamaluddin died in the hospital. The relatives of Kamaluddin claimed that the death was due to negligence. Dr. Gauri Shankar, a post graduate trainee […]
The state-run hospitals in Maharashtra will have increased security with the deployment of more police personnel. This is so that attack on doctors by aggrieved relatives of patients can be prevented. The Maharashtra Government has related this decision to the Bombay High Court. The HC was informed by acting advocate General Rohit Deo about the […]
In another episode of what could be seen as a disturbing trend, a hospital was vandalized and its staff manhandled by a mob. This time, the hospital that was under attack was Dr.Baba Saheb Ambedkar Hospital in Rohini,Delhi. The incident took place on Sunday night after the death of a patient in the hospital. The […]