Watch: Dhule resident doctor in ICU after patient's family thrashes him

An orthopaedic senior resident doctor, Dr. Rohan Mamunkar​, was beaten black and blue after he asked family members of a patient to take him to another centre since there was no neurosurgeon on duty. The incident took place on Sunday night at the Goverment Medical College (GMC) in Dhule, Maharashtra when a patient was brought in with a head injury.

When the orthopaedic resident doctor informed the family members that he would have to be taken to another tertiary care centre, a mob of over 20 relatives attacked him. The CCTV footage shows them hitting the resident doc with rods, among other things.

The doctor has sustained injuries on his abdomen, chest and head. He has also suffered an injury to the orbital bone that is present in the socket of the eye. The doctor who is now admitted in the ICU, has suffered loss of vision in one eye.

The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) has decided that they will protest by wearing black ribbons to work on Tuesday and also conduct candle light marches. 

Dr Yashvardhan Kabra, president of the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors and third-year PG student at KEM Hospital, Mumbai, said, "As of now, Dhule doctors are going to go on a mass bunk. Central MARD will be protesting today by wearing black ribbons and organising a candle march. We will plan further action soon."

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