Indian doctors strike over rape and murder of colleague

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Doctors in India have held a national strike, escalating the protest against the rape and murder of a female colleague in the West Bengal city of Kolkata.

More than a million were expected to join the strikes, as hospitals and clinics across the country turned away non-emergency patients.

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India: National strike held over doctor's rape and murder

Non-essential services were halted for 24 hours in an escalated protest demanding greater protections.
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"The rape of the 31-year-old female trainee doctor has shocked the country.

Her half-naked body bearing extensive injuries was discovered in a seminar hall at R G Kar Medical College last week after she was reported to have gone there to rest during her shift.

A volunteer who worked at the hospital has been arrested in connection with the crime.
 
The IMA, meanwhile, said the government had not adequately acknowledged “the violence on doctors and hospitals” and said security at hospitals had to be improved. It also noted that the hospital where the student had worked was “vandalized by a large crowd which destroyed various sections of the hospital” on Thursday, with the medical students who were protesting there also attacked.

 
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