An on-duty nurse and three security personnel were allegedly assaulted at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEMH) by relatives of a deceased patient early Tuesday morning. Following the incident, the nurse, 34-year-old Tejaswini Patil, was hospitalised, while the guards received first aid.

According to hospital staff, the incident took place between 5.00 am and 6.30 am when a mob, consisting of around 10 relatives of a deceased patient, entered Ward 41 and surrounded a nurse station. They alleged negligence in medical care, demanding to speak with a doctor. Subsequently, the mob started hurling abuses at the hospital staff, and two women from the mob allegedly began physically attacking the nurse.