Healthcare services remain affected as junior doctors protest Kolkata horror
19 Aug 2024 10:31 AM IST
Members of West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front and nursing students shout slogans as they join in a rally during a protest against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata last week, in Kolkata, India, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo)
Kolkata: Healthcare services remained affected at state-run hospitals in West Bengal on Monday as junior doctors continued their cease-work protest again the rape and murder of a colleague at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Heavy rush was seen at the out-patient departments on the first day of the week with senior doctors substituting for their juniors to handle the situation.
"This protest is for seeking justice for a female doctor who faced brutality while treating patients for 36 hours at a stretch. It is the 11th day that her body was discovered, but where is the justice? We will continue this stir until we get justice for our sister," said an agitating doctor at the RG Kar MCH.
The postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty at the RG Kar MCH on August 9. Amid outrage over the incident, medics across the country have been protesting seeking justice for the victim and legislation for better security at the workplace.
( Source : PTI )
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