Who is Ramesh Mhatre? Shiv Sena corporator arrested in Maharashtra doctor assault case named in 12 other criminal cases | Thane News
KALYAN: The arrest of Shiv Sena corporator Ramesh Mhatre for the assault of a Dombivli hospital’s staffers on Monday over purported delay in a pregnant patient’s treatment, along with assurances from civic chief Abhinav Goel on adequate security at hospitals, prompted doctors and healthcare workers to end their strike.Routine outpatient and non-emergency services were halted on Tuesday in protest against the attack and private doctors had joined the stir in solidarity on Wednesday.Prior to his arrest from his Dombivli home, Mhatre called a press conference to deny that he had hit a woman doctor.He blamed “the camera angle” and claimed he had only tried to snatch her phone as she continued speaking on it while he was seeking information on the patient’s condition. “She is like my daughter. It is not part of Shiv Sena’s values to raise a hand on a woman,” he said.DCP (Kalyan zone) Atul Zende said his alleged associates, Akshay Karande, Ramesh Pawar and Pramod Nikam, were produced before a Kalyan court and remanded into two days of police custody.
Party loyalist named in 12 other cases
The medical fraternity’s two-day strike—private doctors joined on a call by Indian Medical Association (IMA)—affected hundreds of patients who visited hospitals for routine consultations and follow-up treatments.Central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors said it will observe a token black ribbon protest on Thursday across all govt medical colleges and hospitals in Maharashtra to oppose “the increasing incidence of violence against healthcare workers across the state”.An IMA delegation met DGP Sadanand Date. “He assured us that instructions will be issued to all police stations across the state to implement Maharashtra Medical Act whenever there is violence against a healthcare establishment,” said Dr Santosh Kadam of IMA.The attack drew strong condemnation not just from opposition parties but also the Sena brass. Shrikant Shinde, Kalyan MP and deputy CM Eknath Shinde’s son, made it clear that Sena would not shield anyone involved in the attack. “The party will not support any individual found guilty.”NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar and Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray visited the civic-run Shastri Nagar Hospital in Dombivli, whose staffers were attacked, offered their support and demanded Mhatre’s resignation. State Congress chief Harshwardhan Sapkal said Mhatre was drunk on power.
