The attack prompted 250 resident doctors in Aurangabad to go on a 24-hour strike on July 21.
Yet another resident doctor was attacked by a patient's relatives in Aurangabad's Government Medical College on Monday morning. Reacting to the incident, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) has demanded stringent action as this is the 10th assault on doctors this year and third after the July 3 MARD strike was called off. One of the ten demands of MARD is the safety and security of doctors.
The attack prompted 250 resident doctors in Aurangabad to go on a 24-hour strike on July 21.
Meanwhile, MARD has threatened to go on an indefinite strike if the government doesn't take appropriate action against the offenders under the Doctors Protection Act.
Dr Sagar Mundada, president of Central MARD, said: "The patient was brought to the hospital in a critical condition. He had suffered a stroke with paralysis. The doctors on duty tried their best to revive him, but he was declared dead at 1.30am."
He added that the news of death did not go well with the relatives and three of them attacked Dr Sunil Kamble, a second-year resident doctor who was on emergency duty.
"This is the fourth attack on doctors in Aurangabad. We have seen that the police is not prompt in taking action under the Doctors Protection Act. In this case too, a case was registered under the Act but the culprits are still not arrested," said Dr Mundada.
MARD members said that two days back a first-year resident doctor from Sasoon Hospital was assaulted for the patients' queue for radiology test being long.
"The resident doctor told the relative to be in the queue as the patient was stable. The relative got angry and held the doctor by the collar. The guard who came to his rescue was beaten up by the relative as well as the patient. Then they fled from the scene," said Dr Mundada.
In Mumbai, public hospitals like JJ and Sion hospitals had put up CCTVs and boards to create awareness on the Doctors Protection Act. JJ Hospital alone has put up 14 boards in strategic locations for this purpose.
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