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Covid-19 patient arrested for threatening doctors in Salem hospital with knife


Covid-19 patient arrested for threatening doctors in Salem hospital with knife

TNN | Jun 4, 2020, 09.01 PM IST

SALEM: The Salem police in Tamil Nadu arrested a Covid-19 patient on Thursday for threatening doctors and nurses with a knife. He was later lodged in Salem Central Prison.

The patient has been identified as K Matheswaran, 40, of Mettur. He was working as an ambulance driver at Manipal Hospital in Karuppur. He was admitted to Salem Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College and Hospital (SGMKMCH) for Covid-19 treatment on May 25.

SGMKMCH doctors said on Tuesday Matheswaran threatened duty doctors and nurses by showing a knife and demanded that they discharge him from the hospital. Doctors finally pacified him.

He got discharged from the hospital on Thursday evening. The residential medical officer (RMO) of SGMKMCH Dr Karuna lodged a complaint with out-post police station of the hospital on Thursday evening, based on which Matheswaran was arrested.

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