Services disrupted as doctors, lawyers clash
PRAYAGRAJ, May 21 -- Services were disrupted at Swaroop Rani Nehru (SRN) Hospital on Wednesday morning after a clash between doctors and lawyers, leaving patients stranded. The incident reportedly began when a woman lawyer was brought to the hospital following a road accident.
According to members of the High Court Bar, Jagriti Shukla, a lawyer from the Jhunsi area of the city, was on her way to a practise session around 6am for an upcoming women lawyers' tournament when she met with an accident.
Fellow lawyers rushed her to SRN Hospital for treatment. They alleged that no doctors were available. Delays in medical attention led to heated arguments.
Lawyers claimed that when doctors eventually arrived, their behaviour was rude and the situation escalated into a physical altercation, with allegations that some lawyers were assaulted.
As news of the incident spread, a large number of lawyers gathered at the hospital, further intensifying tensions.
The unrest brought hospital services to a halt, with registration counters and the pharmacy shutting down, causing inconvenience to patients and their attendants. The injured lawyer was later shifted to a private hospital by her colleagues.
Meanwhile, the lawyers also blocked the road at the Post Office Crossing by erecting barricades.
Amidst the commotion, irate lawyers barged into the Government Press premises, where they vandalised vehicles and office property. They also engaged in physical altercations with police personnel, resulting in injuries to ACP (Civil Lines) Vidyut Goyal.
Perceiving the deteriorating situation, police from several police stations, the PAC (Provincial Armed Constabulary), and senior officers were deployed to the scene.
The protests and road blockade at the Post Office Crossing continued until late evening.
In a written complaint submitted to the police, Rasika Aneesh Khan alias 'Riya', a female lawyer practising in the High Court, stated that at SRN Hospital, a dispute escalated when they woke a junior doctor who was sleeping, which led to rude behaviour and physical assault against the lawyers.
The injured lawyer, Jagriti Shukla, along with three other lawyers who sustained injuries during the attack, have been admitted to a private hospital.
Meanwhile, the doctors also submitted a written complaint, accusing the lawyers of filming videos inside the hospital premises and engaging in physical assault.
Based on the written complaint filed by Rasika Aneesh Khan, a case has been registered at the Kotwali Police Station against unidentified junior doctors under various serious sections of the law.
Additional police force has been deployed across the entire area, and the situation is being closely monitored.
Meanwhile, the president of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association (HCBA) Rakesh Pandey talked to the DCP (City) and issued a deadline of 10am on Thursday for initiating action against doctors who misbehaved with the woman lawyer....
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