Drunk woman assaults staff at Shatabdi hospital in Kandivli, held

A 29yearold woman who was brought to the BMCrun Shatabdi hospital in Kandivli in an inebriated condition on Thursday allegedly assaulted the hospitals staff and policedue to delay in the treatmentImmediately after the assault the outpatient departments and emergency sections were emptied of patients by the striking staff which shut the hospital down for hoursThe staff refused to work after the assault during the OPD hours in the morning Because of this several patients were forced to seek treatment in nearby private hospitalsAlso readBengal doctors call off strike after Mamata Banerjee orders security beefupIt was only after the police interfered and provided protection to the hospital that they withdrew the strike and began to work normally The police have booked the accused on charges of assaulting and injuring public servants on duty and began the investigationAccording to the FIR filed by the police the accused has been identified as Himani Sharma She was brought to formally called Bharatratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal General Hospital in the wee hours of Thursday by cops of Bangur police stationAlso readDoctors in Delhi resume dutiesShe was a resident of Virar and was working in the BPO situated in Malad The accused was drunk andhad gone to the police with the complaint of being assaulted and hence she was taken to the hospital for the customary medical testShe was due for a medical checkup but the doctor wasnrsquot available she apparently lost her control and started beating nurses doctors and other staff members It was said that she caught hold of the throat of a nurse and lifted her up with one hand and threw her on the floor When another women security guard tried to interfere the accused kicked her in stomach due to which she fell a couple of meters away She also turned the hand of a woman police constable who was trying to catch her She also destroyed and broke all the equipment glasses from the casualty room by balling for extra forceAlso readDoctors end their 4 day strike after assurance from Himachal Pradesh CMWe have booked and arrested the lady under section 332 333 353 and 504 of the Indian Penal Code and various section of Medical Practitioners Act She was produced before the court and she was remanded judicial custody till 3 July said senior inspector Nitin Pondkule from Kandivali police station A total of eight people were injured three of them are admitted in the hospital including a women constable whose hand got fractured in the attackTop News Stories of the DayMumbai crime Man thrashed to death body thrown into nullah in GhatkoparMumbai Upmarket boat snaps midjourney on Madh island two residents nearlydrownAttack on web series crew CM Devendra Fadnavis assures action against cops if found guiltyMumbai crime Man kills elder brother for plucking mangoes from his tree in PalgharMumbai BEST set to reduce base bus fare to Rs 5Five years on Western Railway finally gets BMC nod for Jogeshwari escalatorsMumbai Let us use road inside Godrej compound Ghatkopar locals urgeMumbai Borivli schools fight with BMC reaches SCMumbai Titwala man to take railways to court for delaysCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates