'Same treatment as Kolkata doctor': Drunk patient threatens Bengal hospital doctor

NEW DELHI: Medical professionals at a government hospital in West Bengal's Purba Bardhaman district protested against a patient who allegedly threatened a female doctor on Saturday with consequences similar to those faced by a trainee medic in a Kolkata hospital if his treatment was delayed. The patient, who was reportedly intoxicated, entered the emergency ward of the Bhatar State General Hospital and made the threat.

"The patient allegedly told the attending doctor that if the medic did not treat him properly, he would ensure the same treatment as the woman doctor of R G Kar Hospital in Kolkata witnessed. The doctor, as part of her duty and medical ethics, did not stop the treatment, and she discussed the matter with other staffers. Today, they came in a group to the CMOH office and demanded punishment of the man and security for the health personnel, said the district health official," quoted by news agency PTI.

The accused, identified as Susanta Roy, has been arrested, as confirmed by a senior police official. Roy is reportedly a civic volunteer, working as a contractual staff member under the local police.

The incident comes in the wake of a brutal rape-murder of a second-year postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital in north Kolkata on Friday. The preliminary autopsy report confirmed that she had been sexually abused before being killed.

A Kolkata Police civic volunteer, Sanjay Roy, was arrested on Saturday as a suspect, barely six hours after the police force set up a seven-member Special Investigation Team (SIT) to investigate the case.

People including doctors, medical students have come out in protest demanding justice for the victim.

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