The Shiv Sena (Eknath Shinde) has done the right thing in admonishing its corporator, Ramesh Mhatre, for the assault on doctors and medical staff of a Thane municipal hospital after a video of the incident went viral. The altercation reportedly arose over the treatment of a patient on Monday. At times, tempers do run high in hospitals with patients and their families contending with overcrowded, and often unhygienic, facilities. But Mhatre’s conduct is reprehensible not only because it’s an assault on medical professionals but also an abuse of his official position. Residents approach their........

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