<p class="title">The state government will deploy Karnataka State Industrial Security Force (KSISF) personnel at all government medical institutions in the state, Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan said on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government's move to beef up security in hospitals comes in the wake of the ongoing protest by Minto Ophthalmic Hospital staff in Bengaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Saturday, an altercation ensued between a group of pro-Kannada outfit members and a PG medical student in the hospital. The group entered the hospital demanding compensation for several patients who had lost sight following cataract surgery in the hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the course of the altercation, they took objection to a PG student on duty, for not being able to converse with them in Kannada. Hospital staff have been staging a protest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Ashwath Narayan, who is also the medical education minister, said the government would look into both the medical negligence and the harassment of the doctor.</p>
<p class="title">The state government will deploy Karnataka State Industrial Security Force (KSISF) personnel at all government medical institutions in the state, Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan said on Tuesday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The government's move to beef up security in hospitals comes in the wake of the ongoing protest by Minto Ophthalmic Hospital staff in Bengaluru.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On Saturday, an altercation ensued between a group of pro-Kannada outfit members and a PG medical student in the hospital. The group entered the hospital demanding compensation for several patients who had lost sight following cataract surgery in the hospital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In the course of the altercation, they took objection to a PG student on duty, for not being able to converse with them in Kannada. Hospital staff have been staging a protest.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Dr Ashwath Narayan, who is also the medical education minister, said the government would look into both the medical negligence and the harassment of the doctor.</p>
