MADURAI: Two men, who were a patient’s kin, were arrested for assaulting a doctor and abusing other staff members of a private multi-speciality hospital in Madurai on Wednesday.
The arrested have been identified as T Purushothaman (31) and V Palanikumar (47) of Thathaneri.
Around 4am on Wednesday, Palanikumar admitted his son to an emergency ward in the hospital with injuries. The doctors advised surgery.
Palanikumar and Purushothaman verbally abused the hospital staff, including doctors and nurses, and disrupted them from providing treatment. They assaulted and threatened a doctor.
Police said the two men had been in an intoxicated condition.
Based on the complaint filed by the hospital authorities, the Mattuthavani police registered a case under sections 294(b), 323, 506(ii) of IPC r/w 48(3) of the Tamil Nadu Hospital Protection Act and arrested them.
Hospital authorities said legal action was initiated against the patient’s kin to ensure that such incidents of assault on doctors do not happen again in future.
In December 2019, a PG doctor was assaulted in Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai by a patient’s kin. Legal action was taken against the patient’s kin following a protest by doctors.
The arrested have been identified as T Purushothaman (31) and V Palanikumar (47) of Thathaneri.
Around 4am on Wednesday, Palanikumar admitted his son to an emergency ward in the hospital with injuries. The doctors advised surgery.
Palanikumar and Purushothaman verbally abused the hospital staff, including doctors and nurses, and disrupted them from providing treatment. They assaulted and threatened a doctor.
Police said the two men had been in an intoxicated condition.
Based on the complaint filed by the hospital authorities, the Mattuthavani police registered a case under sections 294(b), 323, 506(ii) of IPC r/w 48(3) of the Tamil Nadu Hospital Protection Act and arrested them.
Hospital authorities said legal action was initiated against the patient’s kin to ensure that such incidents of assault on doctors do not happen again in future.
In December 2019, a PG doctor was assaulted in Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai by a patient’s kin. Legal action was taken against the patient’s kin following a protest by doctors.
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