24-Jan-2025 12:54 PM
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Kolkata, Jan 24 (Reporter) West Bengal Police have arrested nine
persons, accused of attacking the hospital staff, including medics,
and police personnel following a dispute over treatment of a injured person in a private hospital in West Bengal's East Bardhaman district, official sources said on Friday.
Anamoy super speciality hospital medical superintendent Sakuntala Sarkar said exchange of words between the friends and relatives of the injured man and hospital staff on Thursday
afternoon during the treatment led to a dispute and the former began
attacking the latter in which 4/5 staff were wounded.
When police arrived the patient party also attacked them in which five
were injured, Sarkar said.
One of the policemen and four hospital staff were admitted into the
hospital with serious wounds and four policemen were released after
treatment.
Later reinforcement from Saktigarh police station arrived and took
control of the situation and arrested 9 accused of attacking policemen
and hospital staff.
All the nine accused would be produced before a local court on Friday...////...