Hyderabad, Sept. 17 -- The Resident Doctors Association (RDA) at the Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) has strongly condemned an incident in which relatives of a patient allegedly abused and threatened a resident doctor on duty, demanding that a first investigation report (FIR) be registered immediately against those involved.

The incident occurred on Wednesday evening, September 16, when Dr K Srikanth, a junior resident in the Department of Emergency Medicine, was on duty at the Triage and intensive care unit (ICU) on the first floor, according to the RDA.

Doctor allegedly threatened over delay in procedure

According to the association, Dr Srikanth attended to a patient at bed number 50 around 2.26 pm, following which he so...