Guwahati: Doctors in Assam boycotted OPD services on Wednesday in protest against the assault on a junior doctor.  Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma assured the doctor he will personally monitor the investigation.

CM in his tweet said that 24 persons involved in this barbaric attack have been arrested and the chargesheet will be filed. I am personally monitoring this investigation and I promise that justice will be served, he said. Such barbaric attacks on our frontline workers won’t be tolerated by our administration, he added.

A group of people belongs to a Covid – 19 patient brutally beat on duty doctor, Dr Seuj Kumar Senapati following the death of a Covid – 19 patient at the Odali Model Hospital in Hojai district of Central Assam on Tuesday. In a video of the incident that has gone viral on the social media, some people are seen attacking the young doctor with utensils, other blunt weapons and kicking him.

Dr Senapati who is a victim said that, the relatives of the patient said patient was serious but when I examined his health condition, I found him to be already dead. Soon, they started vandalizing the hospital furniture and attacking me.

The Assam Medical Service Association, which called for boycott of the OPD services, warned that if such an incident recurred in the future, it would cease all services across the State. It demanded the beefing up of security at all hospitals. Assam Health Security Force should be raised immediately. As rising it will take time, we request for the immediate recruitment of temporary security personnel, said the Association.