Patient's kin "manhandle" doctor at NIMS
Hyderabad: Some relatives of a 28-year-old man, injured in a road accident, allegedly assaulted a doctor at the state-run Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences hereMonday accusing him of negligence in treating the patient, police said.
The incident occurred at around 6 am when some attendants of the patient "manhandled" senior medical officer Dr Anvesh.
They also hurled abuses at the duty hospital staff and accused the doctor of "negligence" in treating the patient, police said based on a complaint lodged by the duty resident doctor.
The patient, who was rushed to the hospital following injuries he sustained in the accident after his motorcycle skidded off the road, was brought in at 4.22 am, police said.
The patient was given necessary treatment and shifted to the CT scan room by 5 am and then taken to the ultrasound room.
The attendants found it apparently locked following which they immediately started manhandling the doctor, police said.
A video of the incident has gone viral.
A case under IPC section 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty) was registered at Punjagutta police station, an investigation official said, adding no one has been arrested.
A group of doctors staged a protest on the hospital premises seeking action against those responsible for the incident.
