Junior doctors in NRS Hospital protesting against police inaction
5 years, 7 months ago

Junior doctors in NRS Hospital protesting against police inaction

Op India  

On Monday night, a mob of nearly 200 people attacked doctors and interns at the NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata after the death of Mohammed Sayeed. The protesting students also demand that apart from providing them with documentary evidence regarding details of action against the perpetrators on Monday night, an inquiry be also conducted against the inaction of the Police when the mob was attacking the doctors. The statement said, “We are grieved and enraged at the exasperating indifference of the West Bengal state health ministry and the Kolkata Police who have failed in providing the slightest of protection to on-duty doctors.” Demanding the immediate arrest of the perpetrators, it also requested doctors to suspend routine activities and join the protest. One junior doctor at a hospital in Kolkata told OpIndia.com, “The state government is responsible for the series of events that have transpired.

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Telangana Doctors Protest Over Humiliation of Jagtial Superintendent
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Telangana Doctors Protest Over Humiliation of Jagtial Superintendent

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad:The Telangana Government Teaching Doctors Association organised a black-badge protest in several medical colleges of the state on Saturday. Keeping in view these previous cases, the doctors wore black-badges at the Gandhi Medical College, Osmania Medical College in Hyderabad, and Government Medical Colleges in Khammam, Sircilla, Jagtiyal, Mahabubabad and Karimnagar. Holding them personally accountable in such a manner is detrimental …

Day after attack, doctor says he’s doing well; stir continues
2 months ago

Day after attack, doctor says he’s doing well; stir continues

Hindustan Times  

Chennai: The government doctor in Chennai, who was stabbed multiple times by his patient’s son on Wednesday, said from the ICU on Thursday that he was stable even as doctors working in government hospitals across Tamil Nadu boycotted their duty in protest against the brutal attack and demanded more security. Doctors during a strike against the recent stabbing of Dr. …

Junior Doctors Demand Justice for RG Kar Victim: A Protesting Rally in Kolkata
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Junior Doctors Demand Justice for RG Kar Victim: A Protesting Rally in Kolkata

ABP News  

Junior doctors in Kolkata hold a protest march demanding justice for the rape and murder victim at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The doctors, who ended their hunger strike on Monday, October 21, have continued their protest through other means, including a march on Wednesday. The protest is a response to the controversial case that has garnered significant …

RG Kar case: Junior doctors continue fast-unto-death, demand justice, workplace safety
3 months, 1 week ago

RG Kar case: Junior doctors continue fast-unto-death, demand justice, workplace safety

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata, Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal continued their fast-unto-death for the third consecutive day on Monday, demanding justice for the rape and murder of a woman medic of the RG Kar hospital and workplace safety even as the state government remained silent to address their issues. RG Kar case: Junior doctors continue fast-unto-death, demand justice, workplace safety Six junior …

RG Kar case: Junior doctors ‘beaten’; BJP says situation ‘deeply troubling’
3 months, 1 week ago

RG Kar case: Junior doctors ‘beaten’; BJP says situation ‘deeply troubling’

Hindustan Times  

Junior doctors in West Bengal accused police of assault during a rally to demand justice for a deceased colleague from RG Kar Medical College & Hospital. Agitating junior doctors on Friday evening alleged that the police lathi-charged a few of them during a rally to press for justice for the deceased woman doctor of RG Kar hospital. Junior docs call …

Doctors resume strike in India over ‘lack of action’ following rape case
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Doctors resume strike in India over ‘lack of action’ following rape case

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Protesting junior doctors in India …

Kolkata Junior Doctors Rejoin Duties At Govt Hospitals ‘Partially’, Refuse To Resume OPD Work
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Kolkata Junior Doctors Rejoin Duties At Govt Hospitals ‘Partially’, Refuse To Resume OPD Work

ABP News  

Kolkata, Sep 21 Junior doctors on Saturday rejoined their duties partially at various government-run hospitals in West Bengal after a hiatus of 42 days. A significant number of people came for treatment at various hospitals across the state," a senior official from the state health department said. While we support their cause, it has been very difficult for regular patients …

Kolkata doctors write to President Murmu, continue protest
4 months ago

Kolkata doctors write to President Murmu, continue protest

Hindustan Times  

Protesting junior doctors in West Bengal have sought intervention of President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, even as they distanced themselves from all parties and stuck to their demands on Friday, indicating that no immediate resolution was in the offing in deadlocked talks with the state government. The doctors’ letter to Murmu – issued on Thursday morning but …

RG Kar Case: Amid CM Mamata-Protesters Impasse, Senior Doctors Say If Junior Medics Are Suspended...
4 months ago

RG Kar Case: Amid CM Mamata-Protesters Impasse, Senior Doctors Say If Junior Medics Are Suspended...

ABP News  

RG Kar Protest: Amid the impasse between Mamata Banerjee and the protesting Doctors in Kolkata, the senior doctors have extended full support to their protesting juniors. While the state government refused to accept the junior doctors' conditions over the proposed meeting, the junior doctors, too, have refused to budge from the streets, despite a Supreme Court order. According to Nabanna …

Kolkata doctor rape case: Junior doctors continue to protest demanding justice, refuse to return to work till then
4 months ago

Kolkata doctor rape case: Junior doctors continue to protest demanding justice, refuse to return to work till then

Op India  

The protest against the violent rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital is a people’s movement, which neither the government nor the Supreme Court should ignore, claimed the protesting junior doctors as they vowed that their strike would last until all of their demands are met. In a statement published late Monday …

Kolkata hospital horror: junior doctors meet Kishan Reddy, ask for better security
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Kolkata hospital horror: junior doctors meet Kishan Reddy, ask for better security

The Hindu  

Protest by junior doctors in the State, in response to the recent rape and murder of a woman medical student at R.G. Representatives from the Telangana Junior Doctors Association met Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy and submitted to him a formal representation that called for increased security at government hospitals. The doctors urged the Minister to ensure the enforcement of …

Kolkata doctor rape and murder: Junior resident doctors protest in Chhattisgarh
5 months ago

Kolkata doctor rape and murder: Junior resident doctors protest in Chhattisgarh

Hindustan Times  

Nearly 1,500 junior resident doctors in Chhattisgarh boycotted elective services and staged protests on Wednesday at government medical colleges and hospitals over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee medical professional in Kolkata. Doctors and medical students hold posters as they protest against the alleged rape and murder of a female postgraduate trainee doctor of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical …

Andhra Pradesh: Flash strike by junior doctors after assault on doctor
6 months ago

Andhra Pradesh: Flash strike by junior doctors after assault on doctor

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Junior doctors of the government hospital attached to Siddhartha Medical College went on a flash strike and boycotted out-patient treatment and elective surgeries following the assault of a doctor on duty in ICU on Friday. In the wake of the attack, junior doctors went on a flash strike after serving notice on the director of medical education, principal of …

Telangana junior doctors to begin statewide strike today
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Telangana junior doctors to begin statewide strike today

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD : Around 6,000 junior doctors from 26 medical colleges across Telangana will begin an indefinite strike from Monday. Earlier on June 18, the Telangana Junior Doctors Association submitted a letter to the director of medical education, listing their demands and intimating the DME about a strike from Monday in case the authorities failed to take tangible action. Dr B …

Junior doctors’ leader apologises for booking holiday during strike
1 year, 9 months ago

Junior doctors’ leader apologises for booking holiday during strike

The Independent  

A junior doctors’ leader behind one of the longest ever NHS strikes has apologised for “undermining” the action by going on holiday while his colleagues are on the picket line. In a message to his colleagues, posted online, he wrote: “I can see that you feel undermined and I am really sorry my actions have contributed to that.” open image …

Junior doctors demand better security
2 years, 3 months ago

Junior doctors demand better security

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Junior doctors at Osmania General Hospital boycotted all services except emergency duties on Saturday, seeking security for doctors after a deceased patient's attendant slapped a doctor on Wednesday. In the face of such gross disregard for our safety, we hereby boycott all elective duties except emergency.” The doctors have demanded the immediate posting of TSSPF personnel as per GO …

Patient care hit in hospitals as Delhi doctors intensify NEET stir
3 years ago

Patient care hit in hospitals as Delhi doctors intensify NEET stir

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Patient care was badly affected at several major hospitals in New Delhi on Wednesday as resident doctors protesting over the delay in NEET PG counselling intensified their agitation even as members of more RDAs joined the stir in the national capital, as well as some other parts of the country. The resident doctors’ association of the Rajiv Gandhi …

KCR Asks Junior Doctors to Call Off Strike; Telangana Cabinet Meet Over Agri Issues, Lockdown on May 30
3 years, 7 months ago

KCR Asks Junior Doctors to Call Off Strike; Telangana Cabinet Meet Over Agri Issues, Lockdown on May 30

News 18  

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao has asked the Junior and Senior Resident Doctors in the state to call off their strike and resume the duties keeping in view the overall public health and the existing coronavirus pandemic situation in the state. The Telangana Junior Doctors’ Association had earlier said it would boycott services from May 26 demanding fulfillment of …

Junior doctors at 6 govt hospitals go on strike in Madhya Pradesh
3 years, 8 months ago

Junior doctors at 6 govt hospitals go on strike in Madhya Pradesh

India TV News  

Junior doctors at six government hospitals in Madhya Pradesh on Thursday went on an indefinite strike for their demands including better treatment facilitiesb for their colleagues who contract coronavirus infection. Of around 3,000 junior doctors, 15 to 20 per cent have been deployed to treat coronavirus patients. They too will join the agitation if the state government did not give …

'Eight Doctors for 120 Patients in ICU': Protest at Telangana's Nodal Covid Hospital Enters Third Day
4 years, 7 months ago

'Eight Doctors for 120 Patients in ICU': Protest at Telangana's Nodal Covid Hospital Enters Third Day

News 18  

About 300 junior doctors are protesting at Telangana’s nodal hospital for COVID-19 for the past three days demanding better facilities and more staff following an attack on their colleagues by a deceased patient’s family members. Highlighting the heavy load of patients at the hospital, the doctors said their primary demand is decentralising cases/patients coming to the hospital. Apart from asking …

Hyderabad: Doctors at Gandhi Hospital protest, block road after kin of Covid-19 patient attacks colleague
4 years, 7 months ago

Hyderabad: Doctors at Gandhi Hospital protest, block road after kin of Covid-19 patient attacks colleague

India Today  

Junior doctors at Hyderabad's state-run Covid-19 facility at the Gandhi Hospital have been sitting on protest since yesterday after a colleague was attacked by kin of a patient. #CoronaWarriors #Healthcareheroes #Telangana pic.twitter.com/okmCGGZu6g — Aashish June 10, 2020 Speaking to media, the protesting Gandhi Hospital doctors said, "We demand security for doctors. Govt doctors in the single COVID designated Gandhi Hospital …

K’taka: Doctors Call Off Strike After Assurances of Security
5 years, 2 months ago

K’taka: Doctors Call Off Strike After Assurances of Security

The Quint  

After nearly a week of protests against the harassment of a junior doctor at Minto Eye Hospital in Bengaluru on 1 November, doctors in Bengaluru gave up their protests after assurances of heightened security and adequate implementation of the Hospital Act, 2009. Of the nearly 750 resident junior doctors at Victoria hospital, nearly 300 of them had been sitting in …

Hyderabad: Junior doctors step up stir as ‘Dr’ tag loses sheen
5 years, 5 months ago

Hyderabad: Junior doctors step up stir as ‘Dr’ tag loses sheen

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The passage of the National Medical Commission Bill has already got miscreants at work, angry doctors in the state said on Saturday even as they struck work for the second day running to protest the legislation. Unscrupulous agencies have come forward to award a ‘doctor’ prefix to applicants to allow them to practice medicine, according to an Four junior …

Doctors at three Delhi hospitals go on strike over assault on medical student
5 years, 6 months ago

Doctors at three Delhi hospitals go on strike over assault on medical student

India TV News  

Doctors at Maulana Azad Medical College, LNJP Hospital and GB Pant and Guru Nanak Eye Centre went on a strike on Tuesday -- a day after a medical student in the emergency ward was allegedly assaulted by a patient's relative. As per the Resident Doctor's Association of LNJP Hospital, the third-year student of Maulana Azad Medical College was on duty …

NRS junior doctors to meet Mamata Banerjee to end impasse
5 years, 6 months ago

NRS junior doctors to meet Mamata Banerjee to end impasse

India TV News  

The Junior doctors have agreed to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to negotiate their demands. Director of medical education Pradip Mitra, who attended the general body meeting, tried to mediate a middle path for the junior doctors and the government. "The doctors had demanded two to five representatives from each medical college be present during their meeting with …

Patients in West Bengal bear the brunt as junior doctors continue protest for the sixth day
5 years, 6 months ago

Patients in West Bengal bear the brunt as junior doctors continue protest for the sixth day

Firstpost  

Services in emergency wards, outdoor facilities and pathological units of many hospitals have been hit in West Bengal. Kolkata: Patients have been facing the heat of junior doctors’ protest in West Bengal as services remain affected in state-run hospitals and colleges for the sixth day on Sunday. We admitted him on an emergency basis, with doctors giving date on Tuesday …

Kolkata doctor's strike: Over 100 medicos in West Bengal tender resignation
5 years, 7 months ago

Kolkata doctor's strike: Over 100 medicos in West Bengal tender resignation

India TV News  

Health services in West Bengal's state-run hospitals on Friday remained disrupted as protesting doctors continued their strike despite repeated requests by patients' families to start treatment. It is not possible to carry on the services normally without the junior doctors," Sudipta Mandal, Assistant Superintendent of North Bengal Medical College and Hospital said as the ceasework by the Junior doctors of …

Doctors' strike in Bengal: Amid all meyhem, NRS Medical College principal, vice-principal step down
5 years, 7 months ago

Doctors' strike in Bengal: Amid all meyhem, NRS Medical College principal, vice-principal step down

Firstpost  

Amidst the ongoing strike by the junior doctors at NRS Medical College, the Principal and the Vice-Principal have resigned from their respective posts. Kolkata: Amid the ongoing strike by the junior doctors at Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal, professor Saibal Kumar Mukherjee and Professor Saurabh Chattopadhyay have resigned from their respective posts of the …

Patients suffer due to 9-to-9 shutdown at West Bengal government hospitals
5 years, 7 months ago

Patients suffer due to 9-to-9 shutdown at West Bengal government hospitals

India TV News  

Health services in West Bengal's state-run hospitals suffered as junior doctors on Wednesday continued their strike protesting an attack on a colleague at the NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Family members of patients at the state-run SSKM Hospital started a simultaneous protest by occupying the streets outside and blocking traffic on the AJC Bose Road crossing demanding treatment …

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