India, Nov. 12 -- Distraught relatives of a deceased patient at the civic-run Nair Hospital hurled expletives at doctors and allegedly threatened violence on Monday, when doctors said they could not revive the patient. However, security personnel acted promptly, averting a situation like the one at the civic-run Cooper Hospital, where doctors went on strike after the son of a deceased patient attacked doctors there.

Things turned tense at Nair Hospital, when a 51-year-old woman was brought into the casualty department at 3.25am on Monday. According to Nair MARD president Dr Digvijay Jadhav, the woman was brought in without any vital signs. "When she arrived, the casualty medical officer on duty, and two resident doctors, took her ECG. It...