Coronavirus Updates: Junior Doctors At Hyderabad’s Gandhi General Hospital Protest For Security

Junior doctors from Hyderabad’s Gandhi General Hospital are protesting amidst the Coronavirus crises for the need of security after two persons attacking a junior doctor in the government-run hospital on Tuesday. As per the reports, an attendants of a COVID-19 deceased patient allegedly beat up the doctors who was on duty with office furnitures. The alleged attack was because of the death of one of the patients, who was found dead near toilet. The staff of Junior Doctors are now protesting near hospitals premises.

Apparently, the deceased was a hypertensive and had uncontrolled diabetes for last few days before he died. He was on a non-invasive ventilator and the junior doctors say they had already explained his health condition to the patients relatives. They have informed the attendant about having a very little chance of his recovery and they had also advised the patient to not leave from the bed. However, the patient was found dead near toilet.

Here, take a look at the videos from Doctors protest for security:

We are over-worked, stressed and now we get beaten up, says the doctors protesting doctors#SaveDoctors#Hyderabad #GandhiHospital #COVID__19 #Covid_19 #India pic.twitter.com/LIaO2OQix2

— Save The Doctors (@save_doctors) June 9, 2020

Junior doctors at #GandhiHospital staging a dharna after two of them were attacked by a patient’s attenders. They were apparently attacked for declaring that the patient died. #Hyderabad #Telanagna pic.twitter.com/wwOQoOdvPW

— Revathi (@revathitweets) June 9, 2020

Doctors in Telangana’s #GandhiHospital protesting against the attack on the doctor by the relatives of an #COVID19 patient who passed away.#Hyderabad@XpressHyderabad @NewIndianXpress pic.twitter.com/hQXYt4Fh1P

— Tisha Jacob (@tisha_jaco) June 9, 2020

As per the report in IANS, The Hyderabad Police have arrested two persons for attacking a doctor in the government-run Gandhi Hospital on Tuesday night following the death of their relative in the hospital due to COVID-19. Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar on Wednesday said both the accused were arrested immediately after the incident.

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