Junior doctors at the state-run Gandhi hospital, Hyderabad staged a protest on February 28 over the alleged attack on one of their colleagues by relatives of a patient .

Expressing concern over their security, the protesting doctors demanded that the government hold talks with them to resolve the issue. A doctor demanded that health minister (E Rajender) come to the hospital to know the ground realities. Senior health officials, including the DME (director of medical education) Ramesh Reddy, met the protesting doctors.

They said the government is keen on improving the things at the hospitals. State Health Minister Rajender, who assumed charge on February 28, disapproved of attacks on doctors by the relatives of patients, an official release said. Action would be taken against those who attack the doctors, he said.