Junior Doctor attacked by patient in hospital amid nationwide safety concerns for healthcare workers
In a case that has surfaced just days after the rape and murder at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, at a time when calls for increased protection for physicians are intensifying, a male patient attacked a junior female physician. The entire episode was recorded by the hospital's CCTV cameras, and it was reported from the Sri Venkateswara Institute of Medical Sciences in Tirupati.
A patient is seen in the now-viral CCTV video pulling the doctor by the hair and violently hitting her head against the hospital bed's steel frame many times. With haste, the other medical professionals in the ward subdued the assailant and took him out of the picture.
The intern wrote to Dr. R.V. Kumar, the Director and Vice-Chancellor of SVIMS, alleging that she was attacked without cause on Saturday while working in the Department of Emergency Medicine by a patient named Bangaru Raju.
He approached from behind, grabbed her by yanking her hair, and gave her a hard head bashing with all of his strength against the steel rod of a cot. She said that throughout the attack, no security personnel were present to save her. While pointing out that if the patient had been carrying a weapon, the outcome would have been significantly different, she emphasized that it demonstrates a great deal of care for workplace safety. According to her, action must be taken to make employees feel safer at work.
Later on in the day, doctors at the hospital staged a protest by calling on the government to provide them with safety and protection in the event of an attack. The Andhra event occurred shortly after the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in Kolkata, which sparked widespread protests by medical professionals nationwide calling for steps to ensure their own safety at work.
A 10-member National Task Force appointed by the Supreme Court to recommend strategies for preventing acts of violence against physicians and enhancing their working environments was established in light of this. The task team has pledged to offer a plan of action for stopping gender-based violence and to give doctors a respectable and safe workplace. The incident that occurred at SVIMS, Tirupati, highlights the need to discuss the problem of doctors' safety during working hours.
SVIMS #TIRUPATI ANDHRA!
— Indian Doctor🇮🇳 (@Indian__doctor) August 24, 2024
An young intern female Doctor attacked by Patient !!
He tried to grab her nack !!
Doctors are on Strike !!
How can any one work in such atmosphere? #MedTwitter @AndhraPradeshCM @JPNadda @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/lTSSdbDJdi
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7 held for running fake call centre in South Kolkata
Kolkata (PTI): Seven people were arrested from the Parnashree area in the southern part of the city for allegedly running a fake call centre, a police officer said on Saturday.
Acting on a tip-off, police raided a house on Netaji Subhas Road on Friday night and found the fake call centre operating from the ground floor, he said.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the accused had set up a bogus company using forged documents and posed as employees of an antivirus firm to call citizens in the US, the officer said.
"The callers would gain the trust of victims and then use remote access to take control of their phones or other digital devices. The accused allegedly siphoned off large sums of money, running into millions of dollars, from victims' accounts," he said.
Five laptops, two WiFi routers, six mobile phones and four headsets were seized from the accused, he said, adding that the seven are being questioned to ascertain the full extent of the racket and to identify others involved.
