Junior doctors in India's Kolkata resume full strike, disappointed with top court's ruling


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  • Tuesday, 01 Oct 2024

FILE PHOTO: Medics sit and chant slogans as they attend a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital, in Kolkata, India, September 10, 2024. REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary/File Photo

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Junior doctors in India's West Bengal state resumed their full strike on Tuesday, complaining that the country's judiciary has not made adequate efforts to restore justice after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in August.

Doctors from the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front, which represents about 7,000 physicians in the state, reinstated partial services last month, citing the flood situation in parts of the state.

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