The Kerala High Court on Wednesday slammed the state government and the police over the killing of a 23-year-old doctor at a taluk hospital in Kollam district by a man she was treating, saying it indicated their “failure” to protect doctors. 

According to a cop, while a wound on the leg of Sandeep, a suspended schoolteacher, was being dressed by Dr Vandana Das, he suddenly got provoked and attacked everyone standing there using a scissor and scalpel. He was brought there by police after being involved in a fight with his family members.