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A nurse and two others sustained serious injuries after being attacked with a spade following an altercation over Tamil Nadu's gold ring scheme at a primary health clinic near Kumbakonam in Thanjavur district. The dispute erupted over the distribution procedure of the Thaimaman Thangam Gold Scheme, under which newborn children born in government hospitals receive a one-gram gold coin. When the staff explained that benefits were being distributed in batches of ten people per day according to an official list, an intoxicated man assaulted the healthcare personnel with a spade. The injured staff members were admitted to a government hospital for treatment as police initiated a probe into the incident.
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00:00What we're now learning from Tamil Nadu itself, it is Chief Minister Vijay's Taimaman gold ring claimant attacks.
00:07Tamil Nadu says in Tamil Nadu what we're given to understand is it's a shocking attack on hospital staff in
00:13Tanjavur.
00:14Nurse and two others have been attacked with a spade.
00:18Nurse attacked over a gold ring demand.
00:21Man attacks nurse with two others over this gold ring.
00:25Gold ring dispute turns violent in Kumbakonam and a nurse has been attacked after denying immediate gold ring.
00:32Three have been in fact injured in the spade attack altercation over the gold ring.
00:37Attacked nurse and two others have also been admitted to the government hospital for treatment with serious injuries having been
00:42suffered.
00:43Cops probed the spade attack on the nurse.
00:45Man attacked nurse in intoxicated state.
00:48This is coming in from Tanjavur as we speak.
00:50Pramod continues to be with us.
00:52Pramod, this is a bit concerning when we speak of incidents of this kind.
00:58Well, this is a very different incident with a different story in the heart of it.
01:04But correct me if I'm wrong, just a few days ago there was another incident of medical staff being attacked
01:10in a different hospital.
01:11That was also over something else.
01:14But such instances of medical staff being attacked by people really put some question to the law and order in
01:21the state.
01:22Absolutely, Shia.
01:23The important aspect here is that these are health staffs from the primary health clinic and one particular program near
01:28the location called Skumbakonam in Chinnacheland which is next to Tanjavur.
01:32And the important aspect here is that the actual fight was over Thai Maman Kangam Modiram Tittan.
01:38That was the ambitious scheme that was recently launched by the chief minister where any child which is born in
01:44the government hospital with the parents being permanent residents of the state of Tamil Nadu, the child gets one gram
01:49gold coin.
01:49However, even though the eligible child children are from 22nd June, this particular person, their delivery was on 16th of
01:57September.
01:58And when he has approached the nurse, the nurse has said that every day 10 people are being alerted and
02:02as per the list only it is being given.
02:04This the couple did not accept and apparently the husband over there brought in a spade and started attacking the
02:09nurse.
02:10Even the nurse just like you mentioned very clearly says that like this cannot be taken off as a one
02:13instance or something and the health officials should be given adequate protection, Shia.
02:20Absolutely, Pramod.
02:21Thank you for putting that into further context for our viewers.
02:24And on that note, those are the details we have for you at the moment.
02:28We will keep a track of the story as the probe continues.

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