
Relatives of COVID-19 patient booked for attack on hospital staff in Coimbatore
The Hindu
Police said seven persons, claiming to be relatives of a man who had died at a private hospital, assaulted a hospital official after a spat with a doctor there
The Podanur police registered a case against a group of relatives of a man, who died after testing positive for COVID-19, on charges of attacking a staff member of a private hospital, under the Coimbatore City Police limits, on Thursday. The police said that a 62-year-old man, who was undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the private hospital on Madukkarai Main Road in Sundarapuram, died after five days of treatment on May 29. Nearly a month later, over seven persons claiming to be the deceased’s relatives visited the hospital on Thursday and allegedly engaged in a verbal altercation with a doctor over the medical expenses.
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