Mumbai (Maharashtra), Jan. 19 -- : Raising the issue of violence against doctors, a participant in the 17th edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon came dressed up as a beaten-up doctor, demanding protection from attack by patients and their families.
The participant, named Abhijeet Prabhu, said doctors are just human beings and they try their level best to save each life.
"At the end of the day, I am a doctor, a human just like you and not god. I have taken a pledge to save lives, not to take lives. Last time, I participated in the marathon as a cancer patient and before that, I took part as a blood donor. I focus on a thing which is the need of the day," he told ANI.
On June 11 last year, a junior doctor was attacked by the family of a pat...