Safdarjung Hospital doctors go on indefinite strike

August 24, 2017 09:36

Resident doctors of Delhi's Safdarjung Hospital went on an indefinite strike after a patient allegedly manhandled their colleague.

The doctors are demanding increase in security to check such incidents.

On Wednesday afternoon, a patient assaulted a doctor alleging that he was deliberately delaying treatment.

"Around 2:30 in the afternoon, a patient assaulted a doctor alleging that his treatment was being delayed by the doctor. Such incidents are not new to us. Earlier also we witnessed such violence. Our security should be increased to check such attacks," Dheer Singh, President, Resident Doctors Association of Safdarjung Hospital told ANI.

"We will go on an indefinite strike till are demands are fulfilled," he added.

The strike badly affected the patients who were asked to return from the emergency gate by security guards without being treated.

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