Maharashtra: IMA condemns attack on Auragabad doctor

PUNE: Members of the Indian Medical Association’s state branch have condemned the recent assault on a resident doctor and paramedic staffers of a hospital in Aurangabad and demanded the culprits’ arrested.


A resident doctor on duty at the Dhoot hospital was assaulted by relatives of a patient at the facility on January 1.

“People attacking doctors and ground staffers and ransacking or damaging hospital property is a serious issue. This is culminating in fear among the medical professionals and they are turning towards adopting safe practices. This approach may, in turn, affect the entire healthcare,” said Avinash Bhondwe, a senior family physician and president of the IMA’s Maharashtra branch.

Elaborating the incident, Bhondwe said, “A woman, who met with a road accident, was brought to Dhoot hospital in Aurangabad by some passersby. By the time the woman was brought to the hospital, she was dead. When her relatives reached the hospital, they beat up the resident doctor and roughed up some hospital staffers for negligence.”

He added, “They had blamed the hospital representatives for letting the passersby go without inquiry. It is the Supreme Court order that passerbye bringing accident victims to hospitals should not be held up for inquiry or questioned by the hospital staffers.”

Bhondwe said, “We at Indian Medical Association (IMA) and Hospital Board of India (the IMA’s hospital wing) condemn the attack on the on-duty doctor and staffers in the Aurangabad hospital and demand immediate action against the culprits under Maharashtra State Medicare Act 2010.”