The pair met outside King Fahad Medical City after the doctor delivered the man’s baby (Picture: Google)

A Saudi Arabian man shot the doctor who helped his wife give birth because he was a male and not a female doctor.

Dr Muhannad Al-Zabn was shot after meeting the new father outside the delivery ward at King Fahad Medical City in Riyadh.

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He thought he was receiving a thank you for the successful delivery but instead, the furious man pulled out a gun from underneath his jacket and fired it at him.

The husband then fled the scene, Gulf News reported.


Dr Al-Zabn was immediately taken to intensive care where he was operated on, and is now said to be in a stable condition following the shooting.



The unidentified man, who is believed to have been upset that another man would have seen his wife naked, has now been arrested by police.

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In Saudi Arabia, men and women are segregated in most public places.

Women are also banned from driving and need to have a male guardian when they go out.