The Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS), the only medical college in Arunachal Pradesh, wore a deserted look on September 11 as doctors went on strike following a violent attack on two of their colleagues inside the hospital premises.
Outpatient Departments (OPDs) remained closed, and the normally busy campus appeared empty, with patients forced to return without treatment.
Panic spread through the hospital after unidentified assailants stormed into the Child and ENT wards on two consecutive days and attacked doctors on duty.
One of the attackers was reportedly an attendant of a patient and was armed with a knife. Two doctors—a woman and a man—were injured in the incidents.
Police later confirmed that one person has been arrested in connection with the assaults. Investigations are ongoing to trace other culprits.