Do doctors have the right to self-defence in India if brutally beaten? Yes. How do doctors protect themselves from patient violence? A group of doctors demonstrate that we are no more in the Gandhian era. “थप्पड़ का जवाब sphygmomanometer से देंगे”. A group of doctors use a BP apparatus in self-defence. Hope the judiciary system will take it as “self-defence of doctors” and not “accuse of physical assault to patient’s relative”. This incident happened recently in Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, constituent medical college of Aligarh Muslim University, located in Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh. In a survey held recently, 1 in 4 doctors has confessed that they have faced violence at work and have been abused. In most hospitals, especially during covid times, a huge crowd of patients turns up at the hospital every day, which makes it impossible for them to give enough time to all and the situation gets out of hand.
