Dead man's family create ruckus in hospital

MUMBAI: Relatives of a patient, who died after being brought to Rajawadi Hospital in Ghatkopar in a critical condition, went on the rampage, vandalizing the hospital and also beating up a doctor and a nurse there.
On Saturday, Govandi resident Afzal Akmal Khan was riding pillion on a motorcycle being ridden by Haroon Shaik. They were travelling on the Eastern Express Highway and had reached Chheda Nagar near Ghatkopar when they tried to overtake a trailer.Instead, the bike was crushed under the wheels of the trailer, killing Shaikh on the spot.
Khan, who was in a critical condition, was rushed to Rajawadi Hospita where he was admitted to the ICU. But he died around 7 in the evening, said the police.
As his relatives learnt about Khan's death, they started to protest against the "lack of care and negligence" shown by the hospital staff. All possible care was not given to the deceased, they claimed. Before anyone could stop them, the mob of Khan's relatives and friends reportedly went on the rampage, breaking hospital property and even thrashing a doctor, Prashant, and nurse Prachi Shirke, said a the police.
The authorities had to call in the police to rein in the unruly mob.
The incident has again brought to the fore doctors grievance that the government did little when it came to protecting state- and municipal corporation-run hospital doctors from goons.
The Saturday attack comes a few weeks after the assault on doctors and health staff of the corporation -run Bhabha Hospital in Bandra.