Woman Doctor Assaulted By Drunk Patient, Attendants At Mumbai Hospital

Resident doctors said the attack took place at the hospital at around 3.30 am when the resident doctor was on duty in the ward.

A woman resident doctor was allegedly assaulted by a patient and his attendants, who were all in an inebriated state, at Mumbai's Sion Hospital on Sunday morning. This comes amid growing outrage over the horrific rape-murder of a trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital that sent shockwaves across the country.

Resident doctors said the attack took place at the hospital at around 3.30 am when the resident doctor was on duty in the ward.

The accused patient came to the hospital with injuries on his face and while he was being treated, his attendants abused and threatened the doctor.