Amid the rising concerns about the safety of doctors, relatives of a patient attacked a doctor at Lokhandwala General Hospital in Dariyapur after he suggested they refer to another hospital.

Safwan Badi (25), originally from Morbi, works as a medical officer at Lokhandwala Hospital near Prem Darwaja in Dariyapur.

He has been working as a doctor in this hospital for over 2.5 years. He was examining a patient with injuries on his body on Sunday.

After checking the patient, Dr Safwan informed the two people accompanying the patient that a police case would be filed. He also said that no surgeon was present in the hospital and advised them to take the patient to another hospital.

The people accompanying the patient got into an argument with the doctor and staff.

The three individuals physically assaulted Dr Safwan, and one of them pulled out a knife and stabbed the doctor on the left side of his chest.  

Injured and bleeding, Dr Safwan began shouting, and people around intervened while the three men fled the scene. 

Dariyapur police have registered a case against the three unidentified assailants who attacked the doctor in the hospital and have launched an investigation to find and apprehend them.

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