There was a stir as soon as the CCTV video of alleged assault on a female doctor and medical staff in Thane’s KDMC hospital went viral. FIR registered, protests intensify… Are doctors still safe in hospitals?
Thane Hospital Assault: On Tuesday night, something happened in KDMC Hospital located in Dombivali area of Thane, adjacent to Mumbai, which put humanity to shame. The doctors who were working day and night to save the lives of patients were forced to hide in their rooms to save their own lives. There was suddenly an outcry in the calm atmosphere of the hospital when an influential local leader along with his henchmen launched a deadly attack on the female doctor and medical staff on duty. As soon as the video of this barbarity surfaced on social media, there was a wave of anger among the people of the entire country.
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The pictures captured in the CCTV cameras installed inside the hospital are heart-wrenching. It can be clearly seen in the video that the violent group of the corporator, intoxicated with power, and some people accompanying him surround the hospital staff inside a small room. After this, the dreadful sequence of slaps and punches starts, which makes the doctors helpless. This entire chaos and orgy of fighting continued live on camera for more than three minutes and the hospital room was transformed into a torture room.
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After all, what was the reason behind this bloody conflict? A senior hospital official told the shocking story behind this entire controversy. In fact, doctors had very sensitively explained to the family of a pregnant woman admitted in the hospital that the newborn baby may need an Intensive Care Unit (NICU) bed immediately after birth. Since all the NICU beds in the hospital were already filled, doctors advised her to be shifted to another bigger hospital for the well-being of the family. This honesty of the doctors displeased Netaji and he made it a matter of concern.
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Female doctor’s phone dropped, hope broken… Who is that ‘honourable’ who attacked from behind?
The most disturbing part of the CCTV footage was when a female doctor, who was trying to save her life, tried to call for help from her mobile phone. It is seen in the camera that she is pleading with folded hands in front of the attackers to stop them. When the goons pounced to snatch her phone, she hid behind the desk to save herself. Meanwhile, the chief corporator who came from behind attacked the female doctor with such force that the phone slipped out of her hand and went away. As soon as the phone fell, the last hope of helping the doctors was also lost, and after this the alleged leader started beating the rest of the staff mercilessly.
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After this shameful incident, hundreds of hospital employees stopped work and gathered in large numbers and started protesting. After this uproar, Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation (KDMC) Commissioner Abhinay Goyal has taken action considering the seriousness of the matter. He confirmed that an FIR has been registered against influential corporator Ramesh Mhatre and his supporters of Chief Minister Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena for carrying out a deadly attack on the doctors and medical staff on duty. Doctors have warned that their movement will not stop until this powerful leader is arrested.
Attack on entire healthcare system: United Doctors Front warns of nationwide agitation
This incident has shaken the medical world of the country. After the footage went viral on social media, ‘United Doctors Front’ has issued a very strong and emotional statement. The organization said that these attacks on doctors and healthcare workers are no longer just isolated incidents, but are becoming frighteningly common in our society. Expressing anger, the Public Charitable Trust said, “This attack is not an attack on any one doctor, but on the entire healthcare system of the country and the safety of every helpless citizen dependent on it.” Now it remains to be seen what lesson the law teaches these influential attackers.