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Indian doctors refuse to call off strike

today21 August, 2024

Background

Protesting doctors in India have refused to call off their strike a day after the country’s Supreme Court announced it is setting up a taskforce to look into the safety of healthcare professionals. Tens of thousands of doctors have been protesting for more than a week now after a medic was raped and murdered on the premises of a hospital in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata earlier this month. As Neha Poonia reports, doctors say more needs to be done to ensure they are safe at work.

 

Written by: Leonard Witbeen