Resident doctors of the government-run Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital were allegedly abused by relatives of a patient after her scheduled surgery was postponed by the institution at the last minute.
The hospital has filed a complaint with the North Avenue police station following the ruckus on Saturday. “An FIR has been lodged and investigations are underway,” a senior police official said.
The police said Muntazar Khan, 28, the brother of the patient, Rukhsar, was arrested on Sunday. A senior resident doctor said the planned surgery was postponed as the patient was stable and another patient, who was in a serious condition, had to be operated on immediately.
Guards intervene
The doctor said “we also counselled the patient”. “(But) a mob of 20-30 people gathered in the ward and abused the resident doctors there and threatened them. Had the guards not intervened, the doctors would have been beaten up.”
