Examples of doctors supporting colleagues, coordinating with professional services, and preparing hospitals to respond to violence.
Sources reviewed 9 September 2026.
A useful reference for Nagpur.
Nagpur IMA Safety brings together member registration, hospital directions and the Rapid Action Co-ordinator Committee's safety resources. These published examples help explain how local support networks and hospital response procedures can complement each other.
The examples below describe what the cited sources document. Historical reports do not establish present staffing, availability or partnerships with this project.
Pune, India
Local teams connected through WhatsApp.
Reported in July 2019
A report in The Indian Express described 40 IMA RUSH teams using WhatsApp to alert doctors about threatening incidents. It also described a planned quick-response arrangement involving former police officers, with teams linked to police-station areas.
The proposed work included hospital security reviews, staff training and regular visits to strengthen communication between hospitals, police and social-support groups.
Lesson for Nagpur: assign clear local areas, verify the hospitals covered by each team, and identify a named coordinator and backup.
An IMA South Delhi launch announcement, carried by ThePrint through ANI Press Releases, described a Rapid Response Team connecting doctors with hospitals, police, legal advisers and mental-health professionals.
The announcement also described preventive work, including mock drills, legal workshops and emergency procedures for clinics.
Lesson for Nagpur: maintain professional support contacts and provide follow-up after the immediate incident has ended.
IMA Lucknow's official executive-committee page for 2022–23 lists a Rapid Action Committee with named doctors. The roster documents the committee's place in the branch structure; it does not establish its current response arrangements.
Lesson for Nagpur: publish confirmed committee responsibilities and the term of office, and keep the operational duty roster current.
Department of Health guidance · updated April 2024
Victoria's Department of Health requires public health services to define their Code Grey response to occupational violence and aggression. Its guidance distinguishes Code Grey from Code Black and sets expectations for consistent local procedures.
These are hospital response arrangements involving clinical and security functions. They provide a procedural reference alongside the Indian examples of medical-association support.
Lesson for Nagpur: agree roles, escalation routes, staff training and coordination with hospital security and police before a real event.
Verify members, hospital contacts and emergency entrance locations.
Assign a coordinator and backup for each response area.
Track alert delivery separately from a person's acknowledgement.
Record who is responding, arrival and the incident outcome.
Run agreed drills and review what needs improvement.
Participation by a public figure or professional must be confirmed before they are presented as a committee member. Medical SOS access is reserved for approved, registered IMA members.
