A patient and his relative have been booked by Sion police for allegedly assaulting and abusing a doctor who was treating the patient. The incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday. Following the registration of the FIR, both the patient and the female relative were detained by the police and are expected to get bail, as the offence is bailable. According to the Sion police, on August 18 at around 3.45 am, a female doctor was dressing the face of a patient named Prasad (second name not known) in Ward 3 of the hospital when the patient, apparently intoxicated, began to scream in pain and verbally abuse the doctor.

Despite the doctor’s polite demeanour, the patient misbehaved and engaged in an argument. “At that time, a female relative of the patient confronted the doctor, pressed a cotton swab used on the patient against the doctor, and assaulted her. As a result, the doctor sustained minor injuries, including a scratch on her left hand,” an officer said.