Last week at Kolkata’s Nil Ratan Sarkar (NRS) hospital, relatives of a dead man turned their rage on a junior doctor.
Dr Paribaha Mukhopadhyay stood defenceless as a brick was hurled at him, fracturing his skull, leading to major head injuries. He was operated upon, but now there are fears of possible brain damage.
It was by no means the first such attack on a doctor. Just today in the midst of the nation-wide doctors strike, another doctor at AIIMS has been roughed up by patients.
Here are some recent attacks on doctors from 2017 alone:
· March 12: A 35-year-old resident doctor Rohan Mhamunkar was brutally assaulted by a mob of relatives of a patient at the Dhule Civil Hospital.
· March 16: Three Read More
