Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital doctors go on strike after colleague's assault

Delhi Police arrested three people in connection with the case

A day after a senior resident doctor of the emergency medicine ward and a security guard of the Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital were allegedly physically assaulted, the hospital witnessed strike called by all the doctors. The resident doctors also refused to attend emergency cases on Monday.

On Sunday night, the senior resident doctor and the security guard were allegedly physically assaulted by relatives of a 30-year-old patient at the hospital premises, a report published in The Indian Express said. 

The assault reportedly took place at 11.30 pm. The security guard apparently refused to let the patient's family enter the casualty ward. The patient was complaining of abdominal pain and was referred to the labour room. 

Speaking to The Indian Express, Dr Sumit Paria, president, Resident Doctors’ Association, DDU Hospital, said the members of the family also “vandalised” the property inside the CMO’s office.

After the incident, the Delhi Police have arrested three persons in connection with the case. 

Last month in a similar manner, an orthopaedic doctor at Dhule Civil Hospital in Maharashtra was assaulted by a patient’s relatives. Following the incident, doctors in Maharashtra also called strike.