Doctor in viral Uber attack video apologizes, says she’s ‘ashamed’

The Miami doctor seen attacking an Uber driver on video earlier this month said she was "ashamed" during an interview on ABC's "Good Morning America" last Wednesday.

The video, posted Jan. 19, shows Anjali Ramkissoon punching the driver in the head and berating him with obscenity-laden insults, before frantically entering his car and dumping all his belongings into the street.

The Uber driver attempts to restrain her while urging bystanders to call 911.

"I see a person that is not me. I’m ashamed," Ramkissoon said on GMA of the video. "I still can’t watch the entire video. Every time someone brings it up or tries to ask me, 'What was happening at this point?,' I just, I can’t."

Ramkissoon said that she was caught on a bad day. She said her father had been hospitalized that morning and her boyfriend had broken up with her only a few minutes before the altercation. She admitted that "a few drinks" contributed to her behavior.

Ramkissoon, a fourth-year neurology resident, was suspended from her post in Miami's Jackson Health System after the video surfaced last week, while administrators conduct an investigation.

She was seen pleading in the clip not to be arrested due to fears she would lose her medical license.

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