Srinagar, July 24 -- Jammu and Kashmir government on Wednesday promised action after a resident doctor was allegedly assaulted by an attendant of a patient at Shri Maharaja Hari Singh (SMHS) hospital last night triggering protests by the doctors. Officials said that Dr Shahnawaz, a resident of Uttar Pradesh, was slapped by one of the family members of a patient who died in the emergency of the SMHS hospital of Government Medical College (GMC) Srinagar. A video of the assault has gone viral on social media. The incident prompted protests by resident doctors, interns and other staff of the GMC, Srinagar and its associated hospitals demanding action against the assaulter. The college has also filed an FIR in the concerned police station. "The issue has been already taken up with authorities and proper action will be taken," said Nasir Aslam Wani, advisor to chief minister Omar Abdullah. The doctor said that the patient, around 40 years of age, came to the hospital at around 12:15 am. "I was at medical reception and I checked his vitals, which were 'non-recordable'. I sent him to triage within minutes for further investigation and management. But during resuscitation, the patient was dead within 10-15 minutes. Then an attendant came and slapped me," he said. However the attendant Abid Hassan Bhat, a resident of Srinagar, told a news portal that the doctor didn't treat his brother-in-law, the patient, fairly. "I told him two-three times to take a look at the patient. However, the doctor just wrote the medicine on the prescription and sent me to fetch them. My brother-in-law was pleading with the doctor for five minutes to administer him oxygen as he was feeling suffocated. But the doctor didn't care. Within minutes when I returned, the patient was dead, " he said. The incident comes days after a similar attack on another doctor at Government Medical College (GMC), Jammu. Meanwhile, Jammu & Kashmir Students Association (JKSA) expressed anguish and condemned the assault on a resident doctor at SMHS Hospital, Srinagar, by an attendant in full public view....