Striking Indian doctors want demands met before returning to work


Doctors shout slogans during a protest demanding justice following the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a hospital in Kolkata, in New Delhi on Aug 19, 2024. - Reuters

KOLKATA: Junior doctors in India's state of West Bengal vowed on Tuesday (Sept 10) to keep up a protest strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor unless their demands were met, flouting a Supreme Court deadline.

Hundreds of doctors are demanding better security at hospitals and justice for the woman, found dead on Aug 9 in a classroom at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the state's capital.

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