Two arrested for assaulting doctor and security staff at taluk hospital in Thiruvananthapuram

This is the second case of attack on doctors in the district within a week

In the second case of attack on doctors in the district within a week, two men in an inebriated state allegedly assaulted a doctor and a security staff at the Fort Taluk Hospital on Friday. The Fort Police have taken the two men, habitual offenders who have been accused in various cases in the past, into custody. The accused have been identified as Rafeeq, 34, from Vallakadavu and Rashid, 41, from Karimadom. Meanwhile, doctors under the aegis of the Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA), are boycotting outpatient duties at the hospital and are staging a protest against the repeated attacks on doctors. According to Fort Circle Inspector Rakesh, the duo had arrived at the hospital around 12.30 a.m on Friday and demanded that they be treated.