air cleaning, ppes, things we discussed, but the path he s chosen is the path towards lockdowns and we don t want that because hospitalisations, you know, nhs workers, healthcare workers, there is a toll that they can take, and when every medical ethics dictate you should always protect and prevent people suffering from hospitalisations and long covid, which i in 7 adults and i in 12 children suffer from long covid, that is not an acceptable statistic, so just saying, let s flood the hospitals right now, our hospital beds are not empty, that is just complete dereliction of any public health and ethical measures, especially as a government. let s spread the covid story further afield. an alarming number of doctors in india have found themselves the targets of attacks by family members of patients who say their loved ones haven t received sufficient medical care. the indian medical association
an alarming number of doctors in india have found themselves the targets of attacks by family members of patients who say their loved ones haven t received sufficient medical care. the indian medical association is now calling for a new law to protect healthcare workers. divya arya has more from delhi, and a warning that her report contains disturbing scenes at the very start. they used whatever they could lay their hands on, a metal bedpan, a wooden stick, orjust theirfists. shocked by the death of their loved one from covid, these relatives took out their anger on dr seuj kumar senapati, on just a second day of work, on dr seuj kumar senapati, on just his second day of work, after graduating from medical school. one month later, the memory of the attack was still fresh. translation: i was very scared. and it felt like i wouldn t survive the attack. they were hitting my head. my nose was constantly bleeding.
translation: the most| common factor is the lack of infrastructure in hospitals, because of this, hospitals get overcrowded, and as a result, the junior doctors often become the target of violence by relatives. last month, doctors across india held demonstrations, calling for legal protection for health care staff, saying there has been a sharp increase in attacks during the pandemic. many indian states have laws against attacking health workers, but the indian medical association says state legislation is not always enfored or even publicised. they believe on the a new law passed by the central government can help stop this violence. india has very few doctors for its billion plus people, now it is struggling to keep them safe. divya arya, bbc news, dehli. divya arya, bbc news, delhi. stay with us on bbc news,
these things so we are not seeing the case properly. they started throwing a plastic chair. nobody was arrested over the attack, which has left the dr reddy suffering flashbacks. at the peak of the second wave of infections, angry relatives damaged property at delhi s apollo hospital. translation: the most| common factor is the lack of infrastructure in hospitals, because of this, hospitals get overcrowded, and as a result, the junior doctors often become the target of violence by relatives. last month, doctors across india held demonstrations, calling for legal protection for health care staff, saying there has been a sharp increase in attacks during the pandemic. many indian states have laws against attacking health workers, but the indian medical association says state legislation is not always
because of this, hospitals get overcrowded, and as a result, the junior doctors often become the target of violence by relatives. last month, doctors across india held demonstrations, calling for legal protection for health care staff, saying there has been a sharp increase in attacks during the pandemic. many indian states have laws against attacking health workers, but the indian medical association says state legislation is not always enforced or even publicised. they believe on the a new law passed by the central government can help stop the violence. india has very few doctors for its billion plus people, now it is struggling to keep them safe. divya arya, bbc news. at least 140 students have been kidnapped in north west nigeria, following the latest attack on a school. the military says 26 children were rescued. more than 1,000 students have been seized