A doctor of a government hospital here was beaten up by family members of a patient after she died in the hospital's labour room in the early hours of Friday, police said.
Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb said stern action will be taken against the persons who attacked the doctor.
The 25-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital, a government hospital, around 1.20 am and she died of cardiac arrest around 2 am on Friday, the police said.
Alleging medical negligence, the patient's family then attacked and seriously injured the doctor.
The doctor, a gynaecologist, was admitted to G B Hospital with serious injuries, a police officer said, adding, the doctor has been kept at the trauma care centre of the hospital.
"The condition of the injured doctor was improving," the Medical Superintendent of the hospital, Dr Kinshuk Datta, said,
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