Hyderabad: Doctors from 35 government medical colleges across Telangana staged a black badge protest on Tuesday in solidarity with colleagues at Government General Hospital, Mahbubabad, after a mob verbally abused and threatened to kill the hospital’s superintendent and staff. The protest demanded the immediate arrest of the accused and the setting up of permanent security outposts with SPF personnel in all teaching hospitals to prevent such incidents. The Telangana Teaching Government Doctors Association (TTGDA) led the protest, supported by organisations including the Indian Medical Association (IMA Telangana), Telangana JUDA, TNGO, IMA Warangal and THANA Warangal. Such vulnerabilities are rarely reported, making this occurrence alarming,” said Dr D. Dwarakanath Reddy, president, IMA Telangana. Doctors described the attack as not only a personal threat but also an assault on the dignity of the medical profession.