Why do we never hear any rich person not being lynched? The reason is so simple as the victim is poor and it is easy to afflict, fool and, eradicate the poor.
The situation that the doctors find themselves in now, is comparable to the situation Dalits found themselves in Gujarat in the 2002 riots. Fanatic Muslims attacked Dalits (even AFTER Godhra), and since this fact did not fit in the media narrative of 'Muslims being massacred in Gujarat', these attacks were almost completely ignored by the mainstream media.