{"id":114196,"date":"2024-08-14T13:05:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T13:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/14\/indian-hospitals-disrupted-as-thousands-of-medics-protest-after-rape-and-murder\/"},"modified":"2024-08-14T13:05:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T13:05:08","slug":"indian-hospitals-disrupted-as-thousands-of-medics-protest-after-rape-and-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/14\/indian-hospitals-disrupted-as-thousands-of-medics-protest-after-rape-and-murder\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian hospitals disrupted as thousands of medics protest after rape and murder"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hospital services have been disrupted in several Indian cities following nationwide doctor protests over the rape and murder of a trainee medic.<\/p>\n

Thousands of doctors marched on Monday in Kolkata and the surrounding West Bengal state to denounce the killing at a government-run hospital.<\/p>\n

Protesters are demanding better security and justice for the 31-year-old doctor, who was raped and found dead on Friday, police said.<\/p>\n

The Federation of All India Medical Association said on Wednesday it will continue its “indefinite” strike.<\/p>\n

The country<\/a><\/strong>‘s biggest doctors’ group, the Indian Medical Association, urged health minister J P Nadda to step up security at medical facilities.<\/p>\n

“Pedestrian working conditions, inhuman workloads and violence in the workplace are the reality,” the organisation said. The health ministry has not commented.<\/p>\n

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Police said a volunteer from one of their forces has been arrested in connection with the rape and murder.<\/p>\n

A high court in Kolkata ordered the investigation be transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation, suggesting authorities are treating the case as a national priority.<\/p>\n

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Doctors in India’s crowded and often squalid government hospitals have long complained of being overworked and underpaid.<\/p>\n

They say not enough is done to curb violence from people angered by the medical care on offer.<\/p>\n

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The latest crime led to more than 8,000 government doctors protesting in the western Maharashtra state – home to financial capital Mumbai – halting work at all hospitals on Tuesday, except at emergency departments.<\/p>\n

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Bangladesh PM flees after hundreds killed in protests<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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In the capital, New Delhi, junior doctors held posters reading, “Doctors are not punching bags”, as they sat in protest outside a large government hospital.<\/p>\n

Similar protests in cities such as Lucknow, capital of the most populous state of Uttar Pradesh, and in the western tourist resort state of Goa hit some hospital services.<\/p>\n

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Emergency services stayed suspended on Tuesday in almost all the government-run medical college hospitals in Kolkata, according to a state official.<\/p>\n

The government was assessing the impact on health services, it added.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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