Patient attendant attacks NIMS Hyderabad security guard, threatens doctors and healthcare staff

A security personnel was allegedly assaulted at Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) in Hyderabad in the early hours of Monday after the attendant of a patient who was brought to the Emergency Department with no signs of life abused and threatened doctors and other healthcare workers.The incident occurred at around 12.30 a.m. on August 31 in the Red Triage area of the NIMS Emergency Department. The NIMS Resident Doctors Association (RDA), in a statement, said the doctors on duty attended to the patient appropriately and there was no reported delay or lapse in medical care by the treating team.“Despite this, the patient’s attendant allegedly subjected doctors and healthcare workers to repeated verbal abuse and threatening behaviour, including the use of vulgar language. The person a