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Conflict Incident Report

Doctors protest ER physicians beating

Date of incident: 
July 19, 2018
Death toll: 
0persons
Number of Injured: 
0persons
Actors/Parties Involved: 
Lebanese Civilians

A number of doctors Thursday protested the beating earlier this week of an emergency room physician, in front of Hotel Dieu Hospital in Achrafieh where the assault took place.

The protest was attended by the head of the Lebanese Order of Physicians, Dr. Raymond Sayegh, who said that three doctors had been assaulted at three different hospitals within less than a month.

Primary category: 
Collective Action [inc. protests, solidarity movements...]
Classification of conflict (primary): 
Policy conflicts
Conflicts associated with political decisions, government or state policies regarding matters of public concern, such as debates concerning law reforms, electoral laws, and protests of the government’s political decisions, among others.