A harsh and exemplary punishment for the goons attacking doctors involved in patient care, an assurance of compensation for the damage caused by an unruly mob, aren't those what doctors are shouting for long from authorities and administration. Whatever utopian it may sound, but such provisions do exist to protect doctors from violence. A notification from Maharashtra police attached with this news declares stringent measures against people committing violence against medical service person and responsible for damage or loss to property at medical institutions.
With the growing incidence of violence against doctors, the clinical fraternity is already up in arms against the administration and government for addressing their issue of security in a meaningful and convincing way. But little has been done to secure the doctors from an unruly mob or purposeful attack by goons. A section…
