Kolkata rape-murder: Maharashtra resident doctors decide to continue their indefinite strike
Kolkata rape-murder: Maharashtra resident doctors decide to continue their indefinite strike
MUMBAI: Resident doctors in Maharashtra said on Monday they would continue their strike against the alleged rape-murder of a postgraduate trainee medic in Kolkata and to press for the implementation of the Central Healthcare Protection Act and their other demands.
The strike has hit patient services, with only 18 major and 61 minor surgeries performed at five big civic-run hospitals in the city during the day.
Dr Pratik Debaje, president of the Maharashtra State Association of Residential Doctors (Central-MARD), told PTI that a meeting of the representatives of the resident doctors’ national body with the Union health secretary did not prove fruitful. Hence, they were firm on continuing their strike, he said.
