• Anil Singh waiting for treatment outside the AIIMS hospital with his father who has kidney and heart disease. They travelled 1,500 km by train from their village. Amrit Dhillon for The National
    Anil Singh waiting for treatment outside the AIIMS hospital with his father who has kidney and heart disease. They travelled 1,500 km by train from their village. Amrit Dhillon for The National
  • Dr Vijay Kumar felt compelled to organise self-defence classes for doctors at the AIIMS hospital after a brutal assault on another doctor at a government hospital in Maharashtra in March – which left the doctor blind in one eye. Amrit Dhillon for The National
    Dr Vijay Kumar felt compelled to organise self-defence classes for doctors at the AIIMS hospital after a brutal assault on another doctor at a government hospital in Maharashtra in March – which left the doctor blind in one eye. Amrit Dhillon for The National
  • Doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) learning taekwondo at a park in the hospital campus in New Delhi, India on May 15, 2017. Mustafa Quraishi for The National
    Doctors from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) learning taekwondo at a park in the hospital campus in New Delhi, India on May 15, 2017. Mustafa Quraishi for The National
  • Violence against doctors has prompted nearly 1,500 resident doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital to learn self-defence and handle situations in which relatives of patients attack them. Mustafa Quraishi for The National
    Violence against doctors has prompted nearly 1,500 resident doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences hospital to learn self-defence and handle situations in which relatives of patients attack them. Mustafa Quraishi for The National

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India’s creaking health care system - in pictures

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With hospitals in India overwhelmed by the wave of patients who surge through, doctors sometimes face angry patients and their relatives who might turn violent. This prompted Dr Vijay Kumar, 32, to to organise self-defence classes for doctors at AIIMS hospital in New Delhi.

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