A WOODFORD Green doctor has spoken of the moment he battled to save the lives of three teenagers who were stabbed in a suspected gang attack near his surgery.

Dr Sanjoy Kumar, who won ‘Doctor of the Year’ at the Redbridge Community Awards in 2008, was working a typical day at the Larkshall Medical Centre in Chingford on Wednesday evening last week when a group of panic-striken teens burst into his surgery carrying their blood-covered friends and pleading for help.

Two of the teens, aged 15 and 16, had been knifed in the chest, while a 17-year-old was stabbed in the abdomen following the incident on nearby Kings Road.

They are currently in a serious, but stable, condition.

Dr Kumar, a former pupil at Bancroft’s school, said: "We were ready to close our surgery at about 5pm when about eight young Afro-Caribbean guys came in. Three had been stabbed. Two had received stab wounds to the left side of the chest which is really close to where the heart is. The other was stabbed on the left side of his abdomen.

"It was like a war zone. We had to close the surgery and declare a major incident area. The practice became like a field hospital or an army hospital.

"We moved the victims to the trauma room while the friends waited in reception. We had a conveyor belt system my colleague Dr Mohammad Sohail and nurse Abbie Ledorne treated the victims.

“We thought the two guys might have collapsed lungs because they were having trouble breathing, and they were really scared and in a state of emotion.

"We cleared the airway in their chest to create resuscitation. We tried to keep the flow of Oxygen going and used an electro cardio gram to monitor their hearts. We examined them for 15 minutes before the police and ambulance arrived.

"Fate was on their side because if they were stabbed in the open then it could have been fatal.

"Fortunately we are trained for major incidents like if somebody collapses in our surgery so I'm proud of the way our staff reacted."

Police are urging anyone with information about the incident to call them on 8345 2376 or through Crimstoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.