Doctor's killing outcome of systemic failure: Kerala HC

The Kerala High Court on Thursday said the killing of a 23yearold doctor at a taluk hospital in Kollam district of the state a day ago by a man she was treating was the outcome of the systemic failureA special bench of Justices Devan Ramachandran and Kauser Edappagath directed the State Police Chief to come out with a new set of protocols for ensuring security of the doctors and other healthcare professionals in all government hospitals in the statePolice need to pull up their socks on a war footing the bench said during the hearingThe court said that if another doctor or healthcare professional is attacked the State DGP would be held responsibleDuring the hearing of the matter State Police Chief Anil Kant and ADGP Law and order M R Ajith Kumar told the bench that they would come out with a new set of protocols within a weekAlso Read Kerala HC refuses to stay release of The Kerala Story producer to remove controversial 32000 figure teaserThey also told the court that the State Industrial Security Force SISF has young armed and trained personnel picked from the police and are available for deployment at hospitals on payment basisHowever the state government would have to decide whether they will foot the bill for deployment of these personnel in the government hospitalsThe top police officers of the state also agreed it was a systemic failure and that the officers present at the scene ought to have protected the young doctor Vandana Das with their livesDas was killed at a taluk hospital in Kottarakkara area of Kollam district during the small hours of Wednesday by a man identified as G Sandeep a school teacher by profession who was brought there by police for treatment of a leg injuryAccording to the police Sandeep had called on the emergency number 112 claiming that his life was in danger When local police located him he was standing 500 metres away from his home surrounded by local residents and his relatives and had a wound on his leg and had a stick in his handHe was taken to the hospital in a police jeep and was accompanied by his brotherinlaw and a local political party leaderDuring dressing of his wound he got violent initially stabbed the local political leader and the police there and then repeatedly stabbed Das who could not escape to safety police saidDas who suffered grievous injuries in the attack died a few hours after the incidentThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever