Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Thursday declared nationwide withdrawal of non-essential services by doctors from 6 am on Saturday, August 17 to 6 am on Sunday, August 18, for 24 hours.
The decision to withdraw services was taken as a mark of protest against the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, IMA informed in a statement.
“All essential services will be maintained. Casualties will be manned. Routine OPDs will not function and elective surgeries will not be conducted. The withdrawal is across all the sectors wherever modern medicine doctors are providing service. IMA requires the sympathy of the nation with the just cause of its doctors: Indian Medical Association (IMA),” the statement issued by IMA read.
FORDA Resumes Strike
Meanwhile, Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) on Thursday decided to resume its strike hours after unidentified miscreants vandalised RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered last week. The decision came two days after the doctor’s body on Tuesday decided to call off its strike on Tuesday.
Announcing its decision to resume its strike, FORDA said it was “shocked and anguished” by the violence at the RG Kar Medical College And Hospital.
“In light of the recent troubling events at RG Kar Medical College, the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) addresses our colleagues, the medical community, and the public with renewed resolve… We acknowledge that our earlier decision to call off the strike, made in good faith based on assurances from the Ministry, has caused distress and disappointment within our community. We accept responsibility for this and understand the widespread discontent it has caused,” the organisation said in a statement.
Vandalism At RG Kar Medical College
Unidentified miscreants entered the premises of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital during early hours of Thursday and vandalised portions of the medical facility, where the body of a woman doctor was found last week.
The incident took place amid midnight protests by women against the horrific rape-murder of the doctor at the hospital.
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