Overview
- Government and private facilities across Arunachal Pradesh shut non-emergency services for two days, with emergency care continuing.
- Police arrested a 28-year-old suspect and opened an investigation after saying he was reportedly unhappy with treatment given to a patient known to him.
- The assailant struck Dr Arvind Pusha with an iron rod and injured Dr Tam Tariang when he intervened, and both doctors remain under treatment at TRIHMS.
- Health minister Biyuram Wahge condemned the attack and clarified that the weapon was an iron rod from the hospital, while TRIHMS chief Dr Dukhum Raina filed an FIR seeking stringent action.
- Patients reported widespread disruption as associations submitted demands for permanent security measures and said further action will depend on the government’s response.