Dr RV Asokan, President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), on Friday met with the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front, who are on a hunger strike over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital murder-rape case in Esplanade, Kolkata.
In a letter addressed to him, the Officer-in-Charge of Hare Street Police Station said, "It is to mention that you are on hunger strike at Dorina crossing since last Saturday and afterwards on a forcefully erected stage without permission from competent authority."
Gaus Nagar [India], October 9: The International Youth Development Foundation (IYDF), in collaboration with New Shoe Like RAJAN FOOTWEAR, organized a heartfelt charity event at the Thanal Hunger Free World Micro Learning Centre in Gaus Nagar. The event aimed to provide essential educational
Around 50 senior doctors and faculty members of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata resigned on Tuesday in solidarity with their junior colleagues, who are on a hunger strike protesting the rape and murder of a trainee doctor on the institution's premises in August this year.
A 12-hour hunger strike is being held to demand better security in hospitals and to protest the August 9 incident when a woman trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
Junior doctors from the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front have begun an indefinite hunger strike in Kolkata over the RG Kar rape and murder case on Saturday.
Wangchuk said that he and his team were denied a suitable location for their peaceful protest, forcing them to begin their hunger strike at Ladakh Bhavan, where they felt "virtually detained".
Dr Sayantani who spoke to ANI on the hunger strike said, "Till the time our demands of justice on humanitarian grounds is not fulfilled, we will sit here. Before her rape and murder, Abhaya went through multiple threats. Anyone could have been 'Abhaya'. It is our responsibility that there
Earlier on Friday, the doctors had issued the Bengal state government a 24-hour ultimatum to meet their demands, warning that they will begin an indefinite hunger strike if unmet.
Junior doctors protesting against the recent rape and murder incident at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital on Friday have given the state government a 24-hour ultimatum to meet their demands, failing which they will go on an indefinite hunger strike.