Once again, a  young resident doctor has been assaulted in the city. This time, however, the assailant was not the disgruntled relative of a patient but a policeman posted on Sion hospital’s premises. Doctors have demanded action against the constable concerned.

According to BMC MARD, which represents resident doctors of KEM, Sion, Nair and Cooper hospitals, a patient was admitted by an officer attached to the Chunabhatti police station two to three months ago. The individual underwent above-the-knee amputation.