Indian doctors stage nationwide strike after trainee medic is raped and killed
Posted on AllSides August 14th, 2024
From The Left
Doctors took to the streets across India on Wednesday to demand sweeping changes to healthcare worker protections, after a female student medic was raped and murdered last week at a government-run hospital. The strike came as federal investigators arrived in the eastern city of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal state where the incident happened, following demands from protestors for an inquiry. According to state-owned All India Radio, federal forensic experts and medical officers were expected to visit the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital, where authorities found the body...