Vol VI, Issue 1
                
                Date of Publication: February 16, 2021
            
                             DOI: https://doi.org/10.20529/IJME.2020.079
                            
                     
        
            
            
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         Letters  
                
        Police vs doctors: Harassment of Covid “heroes”, by Covid “heroes”?
        
        
        
            
                                        
                            Nadeem  Ali                         
                        
                                                
                            Mehreen  Maqsood                         
                        
                                                
                            Altaf Ahmad Kawoosa                        
                        
                                    
         
        
            Abstract:
             Violence against medical professionals and destruction of hospital property by frustrated patients and their relatives occur frequently in India (1) and in other countries (2, 3). However, harassment of healthcare workers by the police has, so far, not been an issue in the Indian healthcare system. Now, cases of harassment of medical professionals by the police have emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ironically, both doctors and police personnel have been considered “frontline heroes” against the pandemic in India. We present some cases of such attacks.
         
        
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