Doctors go on protest demanding better security in govt hosps

Although health min said doctors would not continue with the stir, associations that TNIE spoke to said they intend to go on with the protest

- SINDUJA JANE

DOCTORS associations across the state went on protest on Wednesday afternoon after a doctor at the Kalaignar Centenary Super Specialty Hospital was stabbed allegedly by the son of a cancer patient. They have demanded severe action against the accused under the Hospital Protection Act (HPA) and increased police security in hospitals.

Following the incident, Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin's car was blocked briefly by protesting doctors and other medical staff outside the hospital. After a meeting with doctors' associations, Health Minister Ma Subramanian said a police outpost was opened at the hospital. He added that outposts will be opened at all government hospitals in the state, apart from installing CCTV, where such facilities are lacking.