Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 5 (ANI): A delegation of Assam branch of Indian Medical Association met Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday and put forward nine suggestions to prevent incidents of violence against doctors in healthcare establishments.
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The brutal assault on a doctor by a group of people following the death of a COVID-19 patient in a hospital in central Assam’s Hojai district is a heinous crime that needs to be condemned by all.
| 3 Jun 2021 4:30 AM GMT
The brutal assault on a doctor by a group of people following the death of a COVID-19 patient in a hospital in central Assam s Hojai district is a heinous crime that needs to be condemned by all. The mere arrest of 24 attackers allegedly involved in the crime is not going to prevent the recurrence of such a barbaric incident. Strong punishment must be meted out by existing laws to deter others from indulging in such criminal act. Doctors, other healthcare workers as well as all frontline workers are staking their lives to save millions of COVID-19 infected people across the globe. More than one lakh healthcare workers have died in the world on their line of duties while saving lives during the two devastating
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The 56-year-old patient died on Saturday due to COVID-19 complications during treatment, an officer said. Following the death of the patient, two of his sons came to the hospital and assaulted a woman doctor and two other members of staff, he said.
The duo was booked under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Maharashtra Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss to Property) Act, 2010, the officer added. PTI SPK NSK NSK
The incident occurred at Vesu municipal school on Thursday
Surat: Unruly scenes were witnessed at a Covid-19 vaccination centre at Vesu municipal school on Thursday as a group of people who had come for vaccination attacked the medical team there after argument over following sequence during vaccination.
Three persons out of the eight booked for attack on three medical staff, including two doctors of the Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC), were detained by the police.
They were booked for rioting, assault, damage to public property and under Gujarat Medicare Service Persons and Medicare Service Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage or Loss of Property) Act, 2012.