Dombivli, July 8 -- The doctors at Shashtri Nagar Hospital on Wednesday launched a strike over "complete lawlessness," after Shiv Sena Corporator Mahesh Mhatre assaulted a doctor and medical staff.

A patient who came for a medical checkup said, "I needed to see an eye doctor, but there is nobody here."

Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Mahesh Sawant raised serious concerns over the safety of ordinary citizens and doctors, saying that there is complete lawlessness and nobody is safe.

"In Maharashtra, neither doctors nor ordinary citizens are safe; there is complete lawlessness. The ruling side seems to believe that since they hold a majority, they can do whatever they please; they have no fear of the law or regard for it. We witnessed the recent inci...