Sama Shali, 33, fears she was targeted by the unidentified yob as she was still wearing her ID badge for the The Christie Hospital in Withington, south Manchester.
It comes as doctors and nurses around the country have been robbed of ID badges, cash and even a car in recent weeks, while Piers Morgan has vowed to name and shame thugs who target the NHS.
Sama stopped after she heard a man on a bicycle say something to her as she walked to a tram station in Didsbury.
She said: 'He said something to me and I took my earphones out to hear what he said. I asked him if he could give me some space as he was quite close to me and then he spat in my face.'
Since the coronavirus pandemic landed in Britain NHS workers have suffered a number of thefts and attacks from the public:
- Two doctors were approached for the ID badges in a failed mugging in Lewisham
- Nurses are being called 'disease spreaders' and are being heckled in the street
- A community care nurse had her car stolen with thousands of pounds worth of equipment inside in Longsight, Greater Manchester
- Wayne Harvey, 32, stole an A&E receptionist's handbag and assaulted a security guard at George Eliot Hospital in Nuneaton.
- A doctor was forced to hand over cash in Harlow, Essex last Wednesday
- Muggers took ID cards from staff near University College Hospital in London
- Troll tells Staffordshire paramedic she 'was the reason the Covid-19 death toll is rising' after she posted a viral selfie
- Chief Nursing Officer tells the British public: 'Listen and respect' NHS staff
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