Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin has ordered an inquiry and promised medical aid, as well as assuring that such an attack will not recur.
Chennai: A Tamil Nadu government doctor was stabbed seven times at a Chennai hospital Wednesday morning – by a young man whose mother had been treated for cancer by the same doctor six months ago.
The young man was also a patient attender at that hospital. The doctor, an oncologist, is also a heart patient, and he suffered injuries to his upper chest and head. He is in critical but stable condition, Health Minister Ma Subramanian said.
A senior doctor said his colleague has a pacemaker and was cut on his forehead and back and was also hit on his stomach.
The accused, who stabbed him, has been arrested.
The attack had taken place in the OPD or outpatient department of the Kalaignar Centenary Hospital in the Guindy neighborhood of the city after the accused suspected the doctor had prescribed the wrong medicine to his mother, a cancer patient.
The man attempted to flee after stabbing the doctor but was caught and handed over to the police. In a lengthy message on X, the Chief Minister said, “The selfless service of our government doctors in treating patients irrespective of time remains immeasurable. The government shall take all necessary steps to avoid incidents such as this in the future.
The accused’s mother had been shifted to a private medical facility after being treated for six months at the Kalaignar Centenary Hospital, a state-run institute, the Chief Minister’s deputy and son Udhayanidhi Stalin told NDTV, adding that the doctors at the former had “misled” him.
