Demands after patient stabs Chennai doctor

Chennai:

The knife attack on an oncologist at Chennai's Kalaignar Centenary Hospital on Wednesday – the doctor was stabbed seven times by the son of a former patient and is in a critical condition – has triggered fierce protests among his colleagues, who want Doctors should be armed to prevent such incidents in future. Events.

Dr Anto Uresh of the Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association told NewBharat TV that the attack shows that people in the southern state have no fear of the law. He also rejected Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's statement that the attack was not a security lapse as the accused was an attendant of a patient.

“Doctors feel unsafe. The attack was a security lapse and shows the lack of fear of law…Security should be tightened. CCTV cameras have been installed but I don't think they work,” he said.

“We want death penalty for the accused (which is not yet applicable in this case as there is no loss of life yet) and doctors in casualty units should be given guns,” he added. , “The doctor who was attacked is in critical condition. We want two-tier security and fit policemen…”

Meanwhile, doctors at this hospital have suspended some non-critical treatments in protest.

There was a storm this morning – around 10 o'clock – when a young man stabbed Dr Balaji and walked out of the hospital peacefully. He was overpowered and restrained before he could leave the building; Mobile phone footage shows him being beaten and kicked by the angry mob.

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Initial reports said the young man – an attendant at the hospital – was angry because he felt the doctor had prescribed the wrong treatment for his cancer patient mother.

He stabbed the doctor using a small knife hidden on his body; The same mobile phone footage showed him throwing the knife into a corner of the hallway as he tried to escape.

Video | Attacker walks away after stabbing doctor, people shout “He cut him”

The doctor – who is also a heart patient with a pacemaker – has been admitted to the hospital's ICU, or intensive care unit, with injuries to his upper chest and face.

Chief Minister MK Stalin has ordered an investigation and promised medical aid, while assuring that such an attack will not happen again. His deputy told NewBharat TV that the accused has been arrested.

Stalin Jr said, “His mother was shifted to a private hospital after being treated in a government hospital for six months… The doctors at the private hospital misled her.” “Do not search everyone who enters the hospital.”

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However, both the Chief Minister and his Deputy Chief Minister have promised to reconsider the security measures.

The Chennai attack has again focused attention on the safety of healthcare workers at the workplace, an issue that came to national attention after the rape and murder of a doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital. One accused – Sanjay Roy – has been arrested for that crime.

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