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KARACHI: The Young Doctors Association's (YDA) Sindh chapter condemned an incident of verbal and physical abuse of a female doctor on duty at Unit 5 of the Dr Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital, Karachi.
In its statement issued on Monday, the association said a group of attendants forcibly entered the room of female doctors, beat and slapped them and threatened to kill a pregnant doctor.
The doctors alleged that the Civil hospital administration is silent over the incident. They said the deputy medical superintendent and head of medical unit 5 visited the ward and let the culprits get away without taking any action against them.
A delegation of YDA held a meeting with the hospital's medical superintendent and demanded action against the culprits and provision of security to the doctors on duty.
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The representatives of YDA demanded an FIR against the culprits on behalf of Civil hospital's administration.
Medical Superintendent Dr Muhammad Taufiq said an unfortunate incident of a death of a patient caused a verbal and physical clash between the doctors and attendants.
He said an inquiry committee will be constituted to investigate the incident and action will be taken against the culpirits.
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He said some doctors also misbehaved with the deputy medical superintendent when patients' attendants registered a complaint with him against alleged misbehaviour of the doctors.
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