Female patient, 70, hurls xenophobic abuse at foreign doctor trying to treat her in southern Spain [Video]

A FEMALE doctor was verbally abused by an elderly patient at a Sevilla province health centre on the grounds that she wasn’t Spanish.

The incident happened on Tuesday evening at the centre in Lora del Rio, according to the Medical Union of Sevilla.

The on-duty doctor working in the emergency department tried to help a 70-year-old woman who refused treatment because of her nationality.

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Despite the medic trying to reassure her, the patient hurled xenophobic insults and tried to assault her.

The verbal tirade …