This story is from July 27, 2020

TRS MLA’s PA lands behind bars for attacking woman doctor at MGM Warangal

TRS MLA’s PA lands behind bars for attacking woman doctor at MGM Warangal
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WARANGAL/HYDERABAD: A TRS legislator’s personal assistant (PA) was arrested late on Sunday, about 24 hours after he allegedly abused and attacked a lady doctor on duty at Warangal’s Mahatma Gandhi Hospital over delay in treatment, leading to massive protests by 300 doctors throughout the night.
Witnesses and police said a patient, identified as Sai Krishna, went to MGM hospital after suffering an injury to his leg on Saturday evening.
A preliminary investigation revealed that a needle was stuck inside his leg and required surgery.
Around 9.30 pm, Sai Krishna’s relative, Chaitanya, who is a PA to Husnabad MLA, V Satish Babu, started to question a PG doctor, Sowmya Sada, about the delay in attending him. The doctor asked them to wait since a doctor from another department was expected to come, but Chaitanya repeatedly claimed that he is the PA of an MLA, launched a verbal assault on the lady doctor and allegedly hurled a chair at her.
Subsequently, all the medical staff withdrew from their service, assembled in front of the hospital and staged a protest. Around 6 am, they called off the strike after senior doctors of the hospital assured strict action against Chaitanya, besides assuring security to all medical staff. Token protests also took place on Sunday, but work was unaffected. “As per complaint given by PG doctor Sowmya, Chaitanya used objectionable language besides hurling a chair in the emergency ward,” an official said. The other doctors had to come to the rescue of Sowmya and later police was called, who took Chaitanya into custody, he added.
A case was registered against Chaitanya by Matwada police on the charges of restraining a government official on duty and he was taken into custody, before being arrested. The Telangana Doctors Federation condemned the incident and demanded more security at the hospital.
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