Tripura doctors join nationwide protest, demand justice for rape-murder victim
Tripura doctors join nationwide protest, demand justice for rape-murder victim
AGARTALA: Healthcare services were affected in Tripura on Saturday as doctors in the northeastern state joined the nationwide cease work protest, demanding justice for the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
However, the emergency services remained functional in all the medical colleges and hospitals in the state.
“To express solidarity to the family of the victim of the heinous crime at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, we joined the nationwide withdrawal of services at all medical colleges and hospitals on Saturday. We have already organised a rally against the ghastly incident”, IMA Tripura chapter's officiating president Dr Damodhar Chatterjee told PTI.
