Woman doctor allegedly assaulted by intoxicated patient and relatives at Mumbai's Sion Hospital

A woman resident doctor was allegedly assaulted by a patient and his relatives, who were all in an inebriated state, at Mumbai's Sion Hospital on August 18. Speaking to ANI Dr Akshya More, General Secretary of Sion-MARD and BMC-MARD narrated the incident and also raised concerns about the security of doctors. He asserted that such incidents are very frequent and mostly go unreported. He said, "... The patient arrived in casualty after midnight in an intoxicated state with 7-8 relatives. He was involved in an assault before he came to the hospital, and had injury marks on his face... Owing to his injuries, he was given an ENT reference around 3:30 am. Our on-call resident doctor in the ENT department was a female. Following a routine procedure, she undressed the wounds to examine them. That is when the patient started verbally abusing her. The relatives, instead of controlling the patient, started verbally abusing the resident doctor. Things escalated to physical assault very quickly... Nurses intervened but by then the doctor had sustained abrasions on her hands. By the time security was called, the patient and the relatives had fled... Such incidents are very frequent and mostly go unreported but we could not let this one slide, especially after what happened in Kolkata..."

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