The doctors’ agitation that started in Bengal has spread across the country in no time. Doctors from across the country are raising their voices against the attack on the doctors at NRS Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal by a violent mob on 10th June.
After 16 doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital resigned today to express solidarity with the agitating doctors, now the senior doctors at Medical College, Kolkata also tendered their resignations in support of the demands of ensuring safety by the agitating doctors.
Protesting doctors applaud as more doctors resign and walk out of Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata #MamataLosingControl #BengalDoctorsStrike #DoctorsFightBack pic.twitter.com/2moqn60PRE
— OpIndia.com (@OpIndia_com) June 14, 2019
This was followed by the resignation of the Resident Medical Officers (RMOs) and Senior Residents of Medical College and Hospital, Department of Paediatric Medicine.
Meanwhile, doctors in the national capital are holding protest in support of the doctors’ agitation in West Bengal. The Delhi Medical Association is staging a protest at the Rajghat to extend support to the doctors in West Bengal.
Delhi Medical Association #DoctorsProtest at Rajghat to show solidarity with their fellow doctors in Kolkata. Watch @TanushreePande‘s #ReporterDiary
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Joining the doctors’ agitation, the Indian Medical Association (IMA), which has 3.5 lakh doctors as its members, has also declared a pan-India strike starting on 17th June from 6 am till 6 am on 18th June.
3.5 lakh doctors are participating in pan-India strike: Indian Medical Association briefs media on #DidiVsDoctors and more. pic.twitter.com/QLLjrhdXtr
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) June 14, 2019
An IMA representative while addressing the media expressed concern over the safety of the doctors and demanded concrete action and not mere verbal assurance to ensure doctors’ safety.
The Calcutta High Court today while hearing a PIL filed against the protesting doctors, questioned the TMC government about the steps it had taken against the accused and to end the doctors’ strike. The High Court has given 7 days to the government to file its response.
