Doctor Stabbed 7 Times By Patient's Son In Chennai Hospital
NDTV
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has ordered an inquiry and promised medical aid, as well as providing assurances such an attack won't happen again.
A government doctor was stabbed seven times at a Chennai hospital Wednesday morning by a young man who posed as an employee. The doctor, an oncologist, is also a heart patient and suffered injuries to his upper chest. He is in the ICU but is in stable condition, sources said. கிண்டி கலைஞர் நூற்றாண்டு உயர்சிறப்பு மருத்துவமனையில் பணிபுரியும் மருத்துவர் திரு. பாலாஜி அவர்களை நோயாளியின் குடும்ப உறுப்பினர் ஒருவர் கத்தியால் குத்திய சம்பவம் அதிர்ச்சியளிக்கிறது.இக்கொடுஞ்செயலில் ஈடுபட்ட நபர் உடனடியாகக் கைது செய்யப்பட்டுள்ளார். மருத்துவர் திரு. பாலாஜி…
The man who stabbed him has been arrested; the attack took place in the OPD, or outpatient department, of the Kalaignar Centenary Hospital after he suspected the doctor had prescribed incorrect medication to his mother, a cancer patient.
The accused, 26 years old according to some reports, tried to escape after stabbing the doctor but was caught and handed over to the nearby Guindy Police Station.
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Dr Balaji had been treating the attacker's mother, a cancer patient. The attacker, also a patient attendanr at the hospital, suspected that the doctor prescribed wrong medication