The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday night, declared a 24-hour nationwide suspension of non-emergency services starting at 6 am on August 17. The top medical body took the decision in response to the rape and murder of a female trainee doctor at Kolkata’s state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
“Subsequent to the brutal crime in RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, and the hooliganism unleashed on the protesting students on the eve of Independence Day (Wednesday night), the Indian Medical Association declares nationwide withdrawal of services by doctors of modern medicine from 6 am on Saturday 17.08.2024 to 6 am Sunday 18.08.2024 for 24 hours,” the statement said.
Kolkata is set to witness political protests and rallies on Friday, August 16, as the BJP’s women’s wing will hold a candlelight rally to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s residence demanding her resignation over the rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor and vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) has also called for a 12-hour general strike in West Bengal on August 16 in protest against the vandalism at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital by a mob and demanding the arrest of all those involved in the rape and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee doctor in the medical establishment.
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