Protests against the attack and calling for the better protection of women have intensified in recent days after a mob vandalised the hospital where it happened. In a statement, the IMA said emergency and casualty services would continue to run and that the strike would last for 24 hours. Doctors at some government hospitals announced earlier this week that they were indefinitely halting elective procedures.
lørdag 17. august 2024
National strike held over India doctor's murder
Doctors in India have begun a national strike, escalating the protest against the rape and murder of a female colleague in the West Bengal city of Kolkata. The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the country's largest grouping of doctors, said all non-essential hospital services would be shut down across the country on Saturday. The IMA described last week's killing as a "crime of barbaric scale due to the lack of safe spaces for women" and asked for the country's support in its "struggle for justice".
Protests against the attack and calling for the better protection of women have intensified in recent days after a mob vandalised the hospital where it happened. In a statement, the IMA said emergency and casualty services would continue to run and that the strike would last for 24 hours. Doctors at some government hospitals announced earlier this week that they were indefinitely halting elective procedures.
Protests against the attack and calling for the better protection of women have intensified in recent days after a mob vandalised the hospital where it happened. In a statement, the IMA said emergency and casualty services would continue to run and that the strike would last for 24 hours. Doctors at some government hospitals announced earlier this week that they were indefinitely halting elective procedures.
