After Supreme Court's appeal, health professionals at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Delhi called off their 11-day-long strike and are back on their duties as of Thursday.
The Supreme Court, while commencing its hearing on the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case on Thursday, said that health professionals must return to work and that once they resume their duties, the court will prevail upon authorities to not take adverse action against them.
Amid the ongoing protest by the doctors of AIIMS Delhi demanding security for the doctors at the working place following the rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar medical college and hospital, authorities announced a security audit in the hospital.
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The National Federation of Resident Doctors of AIIMS has moved an intervention application in the Supreme Court highlighting the concerns of various resident doctors in all AIIMS across the country.
The Supreme Court has constituted a 10-member National Task Force to make recommendations on the prevention of violence and safe working conditions for medical professionals. The task force includes Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, among others.
The doctors are protesting to demonstrate their unwavering commitment to patient care in the light of the murder and alleged sexual assault of a female trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal city of Kolkata on August 9.
In a press release on Wednesday, the Resident Doctors' Association of AIIMS, New Delhi said that they will provide OPD services from Jantar Mantar on Wednesday to demonstrate their unwavering commitment to patient care.
Following the rape and murder incident of a trainee doctor in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare wrote a letter to the heads of the Central Government hospitals and institutes, including AIIMS/INIs on Tuesday to enhance security measure
The Resident Doctors Association (RDA) at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) will be providing elective OPD services in front of Nirman Bhawan from 11 am on August 19 in continuation of their strike against the rape-murder incident of a postgraduate trainee doctor at RG Kar
AIIMS Mangalagiri junior doctors and medical students held a protest on Saturday against the rape and murder incident at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, demanding justice for the victim.
As doctors continued their strike over the assault and death of a female trainee-PG doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Delhi has registered more than 90 per cent reduction in admissions, OPDs and operation theatres