Chennai HORROR! Govt hospital doctor stabbed 7 times by patient's son in broad daylight; sparks outrage| WATCH
By Shweta Kumari | First Published Nov 13, 2024, 12:32 PM ISTA doctor Balaji Jaganathan, who was at his Oncology department, was stabbed at least seven times by a man posing himself as a patient around 10.15 am.
In a shocking incident, a doctor at a government hospital in Chennai was critically injured after he was stabbed at least seven times by a man pretending to be a patient. The attack unfolded on Wednesday morning at city's Kalaignar Multi-speciality Hospital.
The doctor identified as Balaji Jaganathan is a cancer specialist and was at his Oncology department when he was attacked at 10.30 am. Stabbed in the neck, he is currently in critical condition and undergoing surgery.
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Meanwhile, the accused, aged around 26, who tried to escape from the hospital was chased and nabbed by the fellow hospital staff and was handed over to the Guindy police station. Another individual has also been taken into custody. The details of the detained suspect were not revealed by the police.
Kalaignar Centenary Hospital in Guindy turns chaotic as duty doctor is stabbed by an unidentified youth. Details awaited.
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Preliminary inquiries revealed that the suspect's mother Prema was earlier treated for cancer at the Oncology problem at the Kalaignar Multi-speciality Hospital from May to November this year. After she developed complications, her son and his three friends on Wednesday visited the hospital to take revenge on the doctor for his alleged negligent act.
The brutal attack on the doctor has sparked outrage with many questioning doctors' safety and law and order situation in the country.
Duty doctor stabbed in Chennai !!
The law & order is a joke in this state. https://t.co/YMCwC4MBQE
WTF, Doctor stabbed in Chennai govt hospital.
Govt Doctor's do not poses superhuman power to give life, yet another example of fearlessness of police under DMK rules https://t.co/jVF3y9x8AY
Now tamilnadu law and order
Going where
No fear on police doing murder
As on !?
What govt take steps https://t.co/4ZXtlCdnnl
Law and order situation day to day is very worst... https://t.co/4XWS2b1W2D
— Senthilkumar K (@kumarrkpm)
Govt. Hospital Doctor stabbed in broad daylight in !
Yet another testimony of no fear in the Law & Order system of Tamil Nadu led by incompetent CM ! https://t.co/TdzyB23s9j
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