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Last updated: July 1, 2023, at 15:24 IST
The accused, Gosnell and Rawson Rubin of Mattancherry, are said to have arrived at the hospital to visit a relative who had been admitted there.
The male doctor was allegedly assaulted by the accused for questioning when they attempted to misbehave with his female colleague, who was also on duty.
A female government doctor was brutally assaulted by two men who had come to visit a patient at Kochi General Hospital in the early hours of Saturday, after which the duo was arrested, police said.
The doctor was allegedly attacked by the two defendants for questioning when they attempted to misbehave with his female colleague, who was also on duty.
Both doctors were home surgeons at the state-run hospital, they said.
The doctor was beaten after being pushed by the accused.
He was seriously injured in the attack and is now undergoing treatment.
The accused, Gosnell and Rawson Rubin of Mattancherry, are said to have arrived at the hospital to visit a relative, who was admitted there.
They fled the scene when a police team arrived at the hospital after getting information about the attack. Based on the eyewitness accounts and after examining the CCTV images, we identified the suspects and later detained them,” a senior police officer told PTI.
He added that the arrest was registered under sections of the Hospital Protection Law and they will be brought before the court soon.
In May, a 23-year-old female doctor was brutally stabbed to death by a patient in the state’s taluk hospital.
(This story was not edited by the News18 staff and was published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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