Congress Leader Gudur Narayana Reddy condemns assault on Gandhi hospital doctors

Hyderabad: PCC treasurer Gudur Narayana Reddy on Wednesday strongly condemned the attack on doctors and other medical staff allegedly by the relatives of a patient who died of Covid-19 and held the TRS government responsible for the same.

Narayana Reddy, along with former MP Konda Visweshwar Reddy and TPCC general secretary Bollu Kishan, tried to visit the Gandhi Hospital on Wednesday to meet the doctors who have holding a protest since Tuesday night and express solidarity. However, they were prevented from entering the Gandhi Hospital by the police.

Speaking to media persons, Gudur Narayana Reddy strongly condemned Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao for the developments in Gandhi Hospital.

"The doctors have been complaining of huge work pressure due to influx of Covid-19 patients from all across Telangana State. The number of patients admitted in the Gandhi Hospital is so high that the existing staff and already poor infrastructure is proving to be insufficient. Consequently, the patients and their attendants are complaining of negligence and they are only blaming the doctors and medical staff for deaths," he said. Narayana Reddy said that the assault on doctors was in fact an attack on the State government which failed to provide required facilities to the patients.

He pointed out that a doctor was attacked by angry attendants of a patient only a day after CM KCR claimed that there was no influx of Covid-19 patients in Gandhi Hospital and only 247 patients were admitted as against its capacity of 2,000 beds and there was no pressure on doctors.

He said there was a huge contradiction in the claims being made by the Chief Minister and the ground reality. He also alleged that the standard procedures not being followed by the State government in dealing with Covid-19 cases.

He condemned the behaviour of police in stopping the Congress leaders from visiting the Gandhi Hospital to meet the agitating doctors. He alleged that some police officials were acting as tools into the hands of the KCR government.