Is it true that doctors are beaten by patient family members ?

Kesha Megharaj MRCS
2 min readOct 11, 2020

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Disclaimer: Graphic imagery, contains violence, proceed with caution!

Purpose: The idea of this answer is to promote awareness of violence on healthcare personnel across India and beyond. This article doesn’t promote violence in any form. Further, violence on healthcare personnel is regressive when civilised channels of grievance redressal are sanctioned by law.

Citations and source: All articles are accessed online from news media with appropriate citations.

Dhule Assault on doctor in Dhule: Police say more offenders identified, arrests soon

Jaipur Jaipur: Doctor gets badly beaten up by relatives of patient who died while undergoing treatment

Kolkota NRS junior doctor Paribaha Mukhopadhyay released from hospital, 16 days after assault | Kolkata News — Times of India

Indore Stones pelted on doctors in Indore while tracking man who came in contact with COVID-19+ patient [WATCH]

You get the idea

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Kesha Megharaj MRCS
Kesha Megharaj MRCS

Written by Kesha Megharaj MRCS

Trainee Neurosurgeon 🧠 Global citizen 🌏

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