24-06-2025
Bystander attacks duty doc at medical college hospital
T'puram: A female duty doctor at medical college hospital was attacked by a patient's bystander on Monday night.
Medical College police arrested Raynold Mathew, 59, from Cherumoodu near Perinad in Kollam, for attacking Dr Amiya Suresh, 28, of Anamugham near Kadakampally.
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According to the police, the accused reached the hospital as a bystander to his wife who was hospitalised.
At night, the accused quarrelled with another patient and was making loud noises.
Upon noticing the quarrel, the doctor inquired about it. Without any provocation, Mathew pulled off the mask from the doctor's face and slapped her several times. When she tried to resist, he kicked her down. The security guards on duty soon rushed to her help and restrained the accused.
Later, police were alerted and the security guards detained him until police arrived.
Mathew was produced in court and remanded on charges under sections of BNS 121 (1) for voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a public servant to deter him/her from discharging duty, 132 for using criminal force against a public servant, 79 for insulting the modesty of a woman by uttering obscene words or through some gestures, 296 (b) for abusing, and 115 (2) for voluntarily causing hurt. He was also charged under sections 3 and 4 of Kerala Healthcare Services Persons and Healthcare Services Institutions (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act-2012.
