A physical confrontation between a doctor and a patient inside a government medical college hospital in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, has sparked public outrage after a video of the incident circulated widely on social media. The footage shows a patient lying on a hospital bed kicking at a doctor, who then responds by striking the patient multiple times. Others present in the ward are seen intervening to separate the two. According to available information, the patient had visited the hospital for a diagnostic procedure and later experienced breathing difficulty.
After the procedure, he lay down on a bed in another ward while seeking oxygen support. When the doctor arrived and questioned his presence in the ward and his admission status, a verbal exchange followed. The patient later alleged that the doctor spoke to him in a disrespectful manner and became aggressive when he objected to the…
