Deceased patient’s kin attacks doctor

A week after relatives of a deceased patient assaulted a doctor at St George Hospital, a doctor at KEM Hospital faced a similar attack on Sunday.
On Sunday night, relatives of a tuberculosis patient assaulted a doctor at KEM Hospital after the patient died.
Alan Dias, a Mulund resident, was suffering from tuberculosis and hypertension and was admitted to the hospital’s ward number 11. On Sunday night, his condition deteriorated and his relatives started looking for the on-duty doctor. The nursing staff in the ward called the onduty doctor, Dr Ravi Thanage.

But before Dr Thanage reached the ward, Dias died. Aral Dias, 18, the son of the deceased, slapped Thanage and abused him before hospital security arrived.
“The patient was in a serious condition and the relatives were aware of this. Doctors cannot be assaulted for the death of patient,” said Dr Rakesh Waghmare, president, Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors, KEM Hospital.
A case has been filed against Alan at Bhoiwada police station. “He has been arrested. We will arrest his mother, Messy Dias also,” said Vikrant Patil, senior police inspector at Bhoiwada police station.