Coronavirus In India: Medical Staff & Doctors Get Attacked In Indore

These days, Indian people have been getting shocked by viral videos showing healthcare staff and doctors in Indore attacked by a group of people. As per the IANS report, the medical team was assigned to indicate and find out those who were reported to test positive for coronavirus in the Tat Patti Bakhal area.

The report also stated that the team of five people including 3 doctors in Indore got assailed with stones by some locals. Twitter account @defencealerts posted some pictures and a video of a doctor there to talk about the incident. Check out the tweet:

In the video, the healthcare personnel says: "We were scared and they were throwing stones at our feet. Policemen standing nearby came to our rescue."

Another user of this platform also tweeted about the attack.

A user account named @aditi094 expressed the criticism on the incident and penned:

"They were trying to protect the other residents of that locality by screening a suspected case at his/her residence. A huge risk was taken by the entire team of health officials who went and this is how they were thanked. Appalling!"

Following a leading daily, coronavirus patients in Indore cover 76 percent of the total cases in Madhya Pradesh state. Pravin Jadia, the Chief Medical & Health Officer (CMHO) in Indore claimed:

"Our team is working to protect people from the coronavirus infection. But people pelted stones at them. It was an unfortunate incident. Two women doctors somehow protected themselves by hiding in tehsildar's vehicle."

Since the situation was reported seriously, they filed a complaint to Chhatripura police station. According to a policeman, the protesters included in the attack even destroyed the barricade. Since then, they will be accused of rioting. Investigators pointed out that those actions happened due to lacking awareness of the pandemic and widely-spread rumors.

Otherwise, Indore Deputy Inspector General of Police Hari Narayan Chari Mishra said that nobody from the healthcare team was injured or hurt. He further added that the police are investigating and looking for the unknown people of the case.