Lady doctor assulted by man at ASH.

KARACHI -- A lady doctor on duty was allegedly assaulted by a male attendant in the presence of other staff members at the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital (ASH) on Tuesday, the first day of Eid.

Source said that a patient reported at the ASH on the day with a medical condition that required insertion of a chest tube.

The staff at the medical intensive care unit (ICU) referred the patient to the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) on the ground that another case with similar condition was already being treated at the hospital and more patients could not be admitted.

Instead of taking the patient to the CHK, the family reportedly went to another health facility which also declined treatment.

According to staff members at the ASH, the family returned to the hospital after sometime, expressing anger over why the family was misguided and the patient was referred to the 'Ojha campus'.

'When a lady doctor on duty, a postgraduate trainee, tried to explain that the patient was referred to the CHK and not the Ojha campus, a male attendant did not let her speak and thrashed her,' a staff member at the ASH stated, adding that the doctor received minor injuries.

When contacted, the Pakistan Medical AssociaA!tion (PMA) confirmed the incident and demanded that the government take immediate notice of the episode, institute an inquiry and punish the...

To continue reading

Request your trial

VLEX uses login cookies to provide you with a better browsing experience. If you click on 'Accept' or continue browsing this site we consider that you accept our cookie policy. ACCEPT