The accused include three women and a minor boy who thrashed the woman doctor over a parking argument outside her clinic in Mumbai.
Amid heightened concerns over the safety of healthcare workers, a 56-year-old man was arrested for assaulting doctors and misbehaving with nursing staff at Delhi's Jag Pravesh Chandra Hospital.
Sanjay Roy was arrested after he was spotted on the CCTV camera near the seminar hall during the time of the crime. He confessed his crime to Kolkata Police, but the CBI has doubts about his statements.
Rohtak PGIMS woman student assault case comes amid nationwide protests led by doctors over the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital - RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
A doctor was brutally assaulted in Kerala's Kochi, ironically on National Doctor's Day. The two persons accused in the incident have been arrested.
This incident took place on the eve of Doctor's Day, which is being celebrated in the country on Wednesday.
Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla's letter to States and Union Territories came following several incidents of attack on doctors and healthcare professionals in different parts of the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
IMA President Dr JA Jayalal demanded to bring a central protection law with provisions under CrPC annd IPC and also ensure that all govt and private hospital have a mandatory security structure
At least 24 people have been arrested for allegedly assaulting a doctor at a medical facility in Hojai district following the death of a COVID-19 patient there, central Assam’s Hojai district's police said.
The resident doctors' association at the hospital also wrote a letter to the medical superintendent, demanding action under the Disaster Management Act.
A doctor and his college principal wife who were accused of pouring hot water on their 12-year-old domestic help while he was asleep, were arrested from Nagaon on Saturday night, police said.
According to the details by the FIR lodged in the case, Ruksar Pathan passed away after delivering a baby at the hospital. The doctor, in his statement, said a group of five to seven men first assaulted him and then took him to a deserted place near Danilimda where they forced him to “confess” his negligence during the operation.
The rape and murder case of a 27-year-old veterinary doctor in Hyderabad has sent shockwaves across the country. The vet doctor was murdered on Hyderabad-Bengaluru highway after her two-wheeler had broken down while returning home. Four accused-- a truck driver and three cleaners have been arrested by Cyberabad police on Friday.
Two more persons were on Monday arrested in the case of assult on a junior doctor following a patient's death in Kolkata's NRS Medical College and Hospital in June this year, police said. Five persons had previously been arrested for allegedly attacking and beating up the intern doctor at the state-run hospital on the night of June 10 but were later released on bail.
As per the Resident Doctor's Association of LNJP Hospital, the third-year student of Maulana Azad Medical College was on duty in the emergency ward last night.
Pranab Mukherjee said incidents of violence on doctors was unfortunate which not only hit their morale but also affect their functioning as they already work under pressure.
Disturbances erupted at the state-run NRS Hospital on Tuesday morning bringing the regular services to a standstill, after a junior doctor was allegedly beaten up by the kin of a 75-year-old patient who died there late on Monday night. The family members of the deceased patient alleged medical negligence.
The doctors have demanded for arrest of culprits in attacks on doctors in the past one year, setting up of police pickets and installation of CCTV cameras in government hospitals.
The doctors have been on a strike since Saturday, demanding sufficient security in the hospital to protect them against any outrage by patients' relatives.
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