A government doctor was seriously injured after being attacked with a machete by a man at the taluk hospital in Thamarassery, Kerala, in Kozhikode district on Wednesday, police said.

The assailant, who is the father of a young girl who recently died of amoebic meningitis, has been taken into custody following the afternoon incident, Kerala Police further informed.

The doctor, identified as Vipin, was struck on the head and has been rushed to a private hospital for treatment, police added.

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