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‘I don’t feel safe’: Woman doctor after mob assault over decomposed body at Vadodara hospital morgue

The Indian Express·Aditi Raja·about 1 month ago
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Doctors at one of Central Gujarat’s busiest civil hospitals withdrew all non-emergency services on Thursday (April 30) after staff at the hospital’s post mortem department were allegedly assaulted by relatives of a woman whose body had been found to have decomposed in the hospital’s morgue. The assault on the staff of Sir Sayajirao General Hospital in Vadodara, during which a woman resident doctor was allegedly dragged around, abused, and humiliated, took place on Wednesday (April 29). The relatives of the deceased woman, Ranjan Vyas, were allegedly handed over a severely decomposed body when they arrived from the United States to claim it two days after the death had occurred. On Thursday, doctors at the hospital were protesting to demand immediate stepping-up of security and accountability. They were sitting on dharna outside the office of the Medical Superintendent Dr R G Aiyer, demanding action against the perpetrators of the attack the previous day.…

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