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HYDERABAD: The outrage over the brutal attack on Kolkata-based doctor from the NRS Medical College Dr Paribaha Mukherjee has spread to Hyderabad and doctors at Hyderabad staged protests at the Nizams Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) on Wednesday.

Among the doctors protesting were ones affiliated with the Resident Doctors Association (RDA) at NIMS and the members of the Telangana Junior Doctors Association ( TJUDA ). The associations have demanded immediate arrest of the culprits and registering of non bailable complaint.

“Attacks on doctors have become a regular feature. It is high time authorities take stringent measures against culprits. In most cases action is restricted to lodging a police case but there is hardly any follow up. Also measures need to be taken to improve security across hospitals. Each such incident is lowering the morale of doctors working in hospitals across the country,” said Dr G Srinivas, convener RDA, NIMS.

While the entire medical fraternity condemned the attack, the president elect- Association of surgeons of India Dr P Raghuram said that the association is considering moving a PIL in the supreme court over repeated incidents of assault.

