Doctors of Sion Hospital went on a strike and held a candle march after a patient's relatives abused and beaten up a doctor on Saturday night

Doctors across the state are a scared lot at the moment, as the third instance of a doctor being beaten up by a patient's relatives in a week was reported on Saturday. After a patient at Sion Hospital died late on Saturday night, three of her relatives thrashed and abused a first year resident doctor of the medicine department. Though the cops arrested the attackers, they were later released on bail. In protest against the incident, over 200 doctors of the hospital went on a strike and held a candle march. Even routine and emergency services at Nair, Sion and KEM hospitals have been stopped.