The department's superintendent general Dr Siva Pillay has ordered an internal probe into allegations that a Butterworth hospital doctor has allegedly manhandled two patients over the weekend. The on call casualty doctor is alleged to have assaulted a 17 year old patient whom he accused of not being cooperative.
It is also alleged that, the doctor tried to lock a 6 year old patient's head in between his legs during his consultation for a fractured arm. The patient was escorted by his mother who screamed for help prompting other patients and escorts to storm into the casualty consulting room baying for the doctor's blood. An off duty police officer intervened and locked the doctor in the consulting room. Police were called and the doctor was taken away by the police.
Meanwhile the mother of the patient who witnessed the incident involving her 6 year old being manhandled has since received psychological treatment from the hospital.