Kolkata rape: Doctors' protest enters third day, political slugfest erupts
Resident doctors at government hospitals in some states, including West Bengal and Delhi, continued their strike as various doctors' bodies differed over calling off the strike.
The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) on Tuesday night called off its strike after meeting Union Health Minister J P Nadda. However, the medics at the central government-run AIIMS-Delhi, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), and other Resident Doctors' Associations said that their stir would continue until a central law to curb attacks on medical personnel is implemented and a concrete solution found.
In West Bengal, long queues were seen at outpatient department (OPD) ticket counters in government hospitals, where senior doctors joined their junior colleagues in the protest.
Some private hospitals also kept their OPDs «closed» to express solidarity with the agitating junior doctors at state-run medical facilities.
«We have no new demands. It appears that attempts are being made to protect certain people… We see no reason to stop our protest,» an agitating doctor told PTI.
The West Bengal Joint Platform of Doctors called for a cease-work at OPDs across all government and private hospitals in the state. Junior and senior doctors, interns, and house staff wore black armbands and chanted slogans, demanding justice for the victim.
In the national capital, several hospitals, including the AIIMS and Safdarjung, continued their strike on Wednesday.
The Resident Doctors' Associations of AIIMS, VMMC and
