New Delhi: Three resident doctors at Lady Hardinge Medical College were today allegedly assaulted by the relatives of a three-year-old girl who died after being brought in there in critical condition, prompting the doctors of LHMC and and its two associated hospitals to go on strike.
One of the doctors on duty was also bitten on his arm by one of the relatives.
According to a senior resident doctor of the hospital, the girl was brought to the hospital late last night in a critical condition.
"Within some time, a mob came to the and attacked the resident doctors on duty. Even the security guards had vanished from the scene. One of the relatives of the deceased girl also bit a doctor," said the doctor.
"We have been asking for upgrading the security in the hospital premises in terms of number of guards and installing CCTV cameras. At the time of incident, the guards ran away and also the few CCTVs that are installed in the hospital were not working," said a member from resident doctors' association at LHMC.
One of the doctors on duty was also bitten on his arm by one of the relatives.
According to a senior resident doctor of the hospital, the girl was brought to the hospital late last night in a critical condition.
"Within some time, a mob came to the and attacked the resident doctors on duty. Even the security guards had vanished from the scene. One of the relatives of the deceased girl also bit a doctor," said the doctor.
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"We have been asking for upgrading the security in the hospital premises in terms of number of guards and installing CCTV cameras. At the time of incident, the guards ran away and also the few CCTVs that are installed in the hospital were not working," said a member from resident doctors' association at LHMC.
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