Patient’s Son Walks After Stabbing Chennai Doctor, People Shout “He Cut Him”

Chennai: 

A young man who stabbed a doctor multiple times at a Chennai hospital threw away the knife and calmly walked to the exit when people shouted “he cut him up” and security personnel grabbed him.

A video that emerged hours after the attack shows the accused, Vignesh, walking away after he stabbed Dr Balaji Jagannath, an oncologist and a teacher at the state-run Kalaignar Centenary Super Speciality Hospital. The doctor had been treating the attacker’s mother, a cancer patient. The attacker reportedly suspected that the doctor had prescribed wrong medication to this mother.

According to a senior doctor, Dr Balaji has a pacemaker and received injuries to his forehead, back, behind his ear, and stomach. Tamil Nadu Health Minister Ma Subramanian said he is in the ICU and his condition is stable.

In the video, the attacker is seen walking as he fishes out the knife used in the attack from his pocket. After what appears to be an attempt to wipe the blood off the blade, he throws the knife into the shaft area and keeps walking.