Gorakhpur, April 18 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said that the biggest identity of a doctor is his compassion and If he lacks compassion, then a thought should be given whether he deserves to be called a doctor or not.

Addressing the gathering after performing the Bhoomi Pujan of Vishram Sadan (night shelter) with a capacity of 500 people in the campus of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Gorakhpur, the CM said, "A doctor's identity is from compassion. The compassion of a doctor can cure half the illness of a serious patient."

He advised the doctors of medical institutions to avoid the tendency of unnecessarily referring patients to higher centres and develop the habit of taking risks in provid...