Doctor Strike
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Doctors thrashed at Safdarjung, RDA calls for strike
India | Aug 29, 2019, 11:45 PM ISTA case has been registered with the doctors demanding arrest of the accused persons. The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) has also extended its support to the doctors, demanding strict action in the matter.
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Mumbai: 4500 resident doctors to go on indefinite strike against Medical bill from Wednesday
India | Aug 06, 2019, 03:40 PM ISTThe doctors alleged that the government promised to increase their salary in January 2018 but no decision on the matter has been taken yet. The strike will affect healthcare services across the city as outpatient and emergency departments and in ICUs will remain closed.
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NMC Bill Protest: You will be terminated from service, Health Ministry warns doctors on strike
India | Aug 03, 2019, 06:07 PM ISTAfter the ministry's direction, the two hospital administrations have issued memorandums to their resident doctors to resume work at their respective departments.
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Constable suspended over alleged misbehaviour with woman medico during protest
India | Aug 02, 2019, 07:41 AM ISTState Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali spoke to the DCP of South Zone, Hyderabad Police, and instructed that a thorough inquiry be conducted into the incident and necessary action be taken, an official release said on Thursday night.
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Demanding security, doctors go on strike at Delhi's LNJP hospital; AIIMS, Safdarjung medicos express concern
India | Jul 08, 2019, 04:41 PM ISTDelhi doctors' strike: The Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) at the Delhi government-run LNJP hospital has claimed that the stir has been triggered by an alleged assault on a third-year postgraduate student of Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), who was on duty on Sunday night at the emergency department.
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Watch: Locals create ruckus at Delhi hospital over minor rape, day after Kolkata doctors' strike called-off
India | Jun 19, 2019, 09:48 AM ISTLocals created ruckus inside New Delhi's Maharishi Valmiki Hospital over rape of 4-year-old girl. The incident comes a day after junior doctors' in Kolkata called-off their strike over violence against doctors.
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Doctors call off week-long strike after Mamata's assurance, to resume work on Tuesday
India | Jun 17, 2019, 11:49 PM ISTOn Monday morning letters were sent out to the junior doctors asking them to come and meet the West Bengal CM. Earlier the students had said that they would not agree to a closed-door meeting and that there should be a representation from all parties on the table.
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Mamata Banerjee agrees to live coverage of meeting with protesting doctors
India | Jun 17, 2019, 03:35 PM ISTThe state government had earlier turned down the striking doctors' demand for the live telecast of the meeting, scheduled to be held later in the day.
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Bengal striking doctors want open door meeting with Bengal CM Mamata
India | Jun 17, 2019, 01:43 PM ISTThe doctors said they want media's presence in the meeting for the sake of transparency to the common people as they have been the " biggest sufferers" in this strike.
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Doctors take out silent protest march in Goa
India | Jun 17, 2019, 12:51 PM ISTShekhar Salkar, the former chief of Indian Medical Association (IMA), Goa, who took part in the protest march, said, "Doctors were striking work in the coastal state to express solidarity with their colleagues who were recently attacked in West Bengal."
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Doctors' Strike, Day 5: Mamata Banerjee appeals doctors to resume work, says we accept all demands
India | Jun 16, 2019, 08:19 PM ISTIn a major development, over 200 senior doctors of various government hospitals across the state have resigned from their services to show solidarity with agitators.
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Why are doctors across India on strike?
Jun 14, 2019, 11:55 PM ISTThe Indian Medical Association (IMA) called for a nationwide protest on Friday in order to protest against the rising number of violent attacks against doctors in the country. This came after a student doctor at Kolkata’s NRS Medical College was attacked by a mob, leaving him with a serious injury.
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Doctors' strike: Over 200 doctors in Bengal resign; health services disrupted across country | 10 Points
India | Jun 14, 2019, 11:45 PM ISTHealthcare services at private and government hospitals in the national capital and many other parts of the country were affected on Friday with scores of doctors deciding to boycott work for a day to express solidarity with their protesting colleagues in Kolkata.
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Aparna Sen appeals to 'Ma' Mamata as doctors strike worsens
India | Jun 14, 2019, 04:41 PM IST"The Chief Minister is our guardian. I would request her to change her stance a bit on this issue and talk to the young doctors here. They are like your children. Please come here once and talk to them to sort out the problems," Aparna Sen said.
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Mamata Banerjee's aspiring doctor nephew stands with protesting colleagues
India | Jun 14, 2019, 03:38 PM ISTAbesh Banerjee, whose Facebook bio describes him as the President of KPC Medical College and Hospital, was seen at a rally holding a placard that read: "You say we are Gods!! Why Treat us like Dogs?"
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Kolkata doctor's strike: Over 100 medicos in West Bengal tender resignation
India | Jun 14, 2019, 11:21 PM ISTThe junior doctors at the NRS Medical College and Hospital - the epicentre of the protests - continued their sit-in. However, hospital gates were opened enabling normalcy of emergency services.
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Kolkata violence: Delhi doctors to boycott work on Friday, healthcare services at hospitals to take a hit
India | Jun 14, 2019, 12:03 AM ISTHealthcare services at private and government hospitals in the national capital are likely to be affected on Friday with scores of doctors deciding to boycott work for a day to express solidarity with their protesting colleagues in Kolkata.
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Patients suffer due to 9-to-9 shutdown at West Bengal government hospitals
India | Jun 12, 2019, 01:34 PM ISTDisturbances erupted at the state-run NRS Hospital on Tuesday morning bringing the regular services to a standstill, after a junior doctor was allegedly beaten up by the kin of a 75-year-old patient who died there late on Monday night. The family members of the deceased patient alleged medical negligence.
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Mumbai: Resident doctors at Sion Hospital go on strike over JJ hospital doctors thrashing
India | May 21, 2018, 10:51 AM ISTTwo resident doctors including a woman were allegedly beaten up by a patient's relatives at the state-run JJ Hospital on Saturday after a patient they were treating for gallbladder ailments passed away.
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Karnataka: Private doctors' strike against new medical bill, thousands affected
India | Jan 02, 2018, 02:24 PM ISTMost of the private hospitals would not operate their OPDs between 6 am to 6 pm.