Police have arrested five persons on the charges of beating up a doctor of Kharagpur Sub-divisional Hospital.
The incident had occurred on Wednesday when relatives of the patient who died at the hospital attacked a doctor inside the hospital alleging negligence on his part. The deceased, a 62-year-old man who was admitted to the hospital with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease died in the hospital. The family members of the victim beat up an on-duty doctor holding him responsible for the incident. The victim doctor was injured in the incident. The relatives of the deceased also staged demonstration inside the hospital premises.
Hospital authorities lodged a complaint at the local police station on the basis of which police started an investigation.
The investigating officers on Thursday arrested five relatives of the deceased on the charges of beating up doctors. The victim doctor has been undergoing treatment at the hospital with injuries on his head.
A local organisation of doctors has called a protest movement against the beating up of doctor in the state run hospital. The members of the organisation said that such incidents are on the rise. The doctors in the state-run hospitals are vulnerable.