The report published on TV9 Gujarati partly confirms the claim about patients misbehaving with the medical staff.
BBC article briefs that numerous healthcare workers in India have been assaulted as they battle to stop the spread of the COVID-19. Reports say doctors have been spat at and chased away from homes, and that in one case-patients directed abusive and vulgar language towards female nurses.
TV9 Gujarati has reported that in Gujarat, the patients infected with COVID-19 and their families are misbehaving with medical staff and also they spitting in the open at Gotri Medical College. However, with no official acknowledgement available from the hospital or the government regarding the issue, the report cannot be fully verified.
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