OPD services were disrupted nationwide as doctors joined the 24-hour strike called by the Indian Medical Association in protest of the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata on August 9. Doctors from states including Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Assam, Gujarat, Maharashtra, and others participated, with OPDs and elective surgeries …
Many patients visiting private hospitals faced inconvenience as healthcare services in the city took a hit on Saturday due to the strike by private doctors and hospitals as they protest over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata. The patients were still seen visiting private hospitals like Ruby Hall Clinic and Jehangir Hospital among a few others …
