Doctors’ strike: Emergency services hit at Safdarjung

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, January 13

Safdarjung Hospital’s Emergency services were hit today as resident doctors abstained from work after one of their colleagues was allegedly manhandled by a Delhi Police head constable’s son, who was there for treatment.

The doctors held a demonstration demanding that the hospital security be strengthened and threatened the admin of going on an indefinite strike from Monday if their demand is not met even as a probe has been ordered into the matter.

Son of head constable Vinod, who is posted at Safdarjung Enclave Police Station, Akshay Kumar (24), was taken to the hospital today morning after he complained of abdominal pain.

“The doctor at the emergency attending Akshay tried to relieve the pain but it did not subside. He punched the doctor, who fell unconscious and sustained injuries on his nose before he (the former) fled from the hospital,” said a doctor. — TNS