Father-son held for assaulting hospital staff in Pratapgarh

Prayagraj: A man and his son were arrested on Friday for allegedly assaulting the staff at Pratapgarh district hospital on Friday morning.
The man is identified as Jitendra Pratap Singh, and his son identified as Tushar Singh, residents of Kishanpur (Kandhai).
Police said that on the complaint of the staff, a case under Sections 323, 504, 353, 188 and 269 of IPC, Section of 7 CLA Act, Sections 3and 4 of Epidemic Act was registered against three persons, including Jitendra Pratap Singh, Tushar Singh and Saumitra Shekhar, all residents of Kishanpur.The trio had left a wardboy, Jai Prakash Yadav, injured during the assault.
The incident took place inside Pratapgarh district hospital around 6 am. After a heated exchange between the three attendants of a Covid patient, and the hospital staff over the use of oxygen cylinder, the situation turned uglier as the trio assaulted the staff, leaving a ward boy injured.
A group of agitated hospital staff locked the emergency room. Senior administrative and police officials rushed to the hospital campus and pacified the angry staff, assuring that stringent action would be initiated against the errant attendants.
The hospital staff alleged that there has been a spate of cases recently when attendants of patients directed their anger on the medical and paramedical staff and even attacked them.
Insiders, meanwhile, said that emergency services remained disrupted in the hospital for more than four hours, as the medical and paramedical staff staged a dharna threatening to boycott work.
This was the second incident of assault on the hospital staff in 48 hours. A day before, two persons including Divyanshu and Kush Somvanshi, residents of Poore Ishwarnath and Senani Bihar colony respectively, were arrested by Kotwali police for allegedly assaulting the staff at Pratapgarh district hospital onWednesday night.