LAHORE: Young doctors thrashed the grandson of an elderly patient who died in the emergency ward of the Mayo Hospital on Saturday.

Eighty-year-old Yaseen, a resident of Shahdara, was brought to the hospital in the evening and referred to the emergency ward where postgraduate trainee of North Medical Ward Dr Zafarullah Lashari was on duty.

Eyewitnesses said when Shahbaz repeatedly requested Dr Zafarullah to properly attend his grandfather the medic was rude to him. The elderly patient could not survive and Shahbaz started holding Dr Zafarullah responsible for the death.

Instead of pacifying Shahbaz, Dr Zafarullah slapped him and along with his colleagues, gave him a sound thrashing. The officials deputed at the police post of Mayo Hospital remained unmoved and attendants of other patients came to the rescue of Shahbaz.

Gowalmandi police SHO Tahir reached the spot along with some officials and brought the situation under control.

Mayo Hospital Medical Superintendant Dr Tahir Khalil said a committee, under Deputy Medical Superintendent (Admn) Dr Khalid and Dr Irshad, had been constituted to probe into the incident.

Action would be taken against those guilty after the inquiry, he said.

Published in Dawn, February 5th, 2017