The barbaric rape and murder at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have prompted the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to declare a 24-hour nationwide strike by modern medical professionals in protest.
According to an IMA statement, the demonstration will begin at six in the morning on Saturday, August 17, 2024, and end at six in the morning on Sunday, August 18, 2024.
“In response to the violent crime that occurred at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and the mayhem that was inflicted on the students who were protesting on the eve of Independence Day, the Indian Medical Association has announced that modern medicine practitioners will be nationwide blacked out from 6 a.m. on Saturday, August 17, to 6 a.m. on Sunday, August 18, for a period of twenty-four hours. We’ll continue to provide all necessary services. There will be casualties. Elective procedures will not be performed, and routine OPDs will not operate. Every industry in which doctors practise contemporary medicine has experienced a withdrawal. The statement said, “IMA needs the country to support its doctors’ just cause.
Junior and resident physicians around the country chose to take a leave of absence from work in protest after the incident set off a nationwide wave of outrage.
Following Wednesday’s midnight mob attack on protesting resident and junior doctors at the RG Kar Medical College, the IMA called an emergency meeting with its state branches earlier today.
Casualty and emergency services would continue to run smoothly in all hospitals, according to IMA’s statement.
“Every vital service will continue to be provided. There will be casualties. Elective procedures will not be performed, and routine OPDs will not operate. The IMA stated in its statement that the withdrawal applies to all sectors in which doctors practicing modern medicine provide services.