Pakistan, June 7 -- The acid attack on a woman doctor inside Quetta's Civil Hospital should not be allowed to end with the convenient disgrace of one alleged assailant. It should hang around the neck of a society that is only bothered about women's security after their bodies have been broken.

The doctor suffered severe burns to her face, chest, legs and other parts of her body, with hospital sources saying nearly 70 per cent of her body was affected. The alleged attacker was reportedly an employee of the same hospital. She was first treated in Quetta, then moved to a private hospital, while arrangements were made to transfer her to Karachi by air ambulance.

Since a hospital is not an open street and has gates, guards, duty rosters and ...