Centre's Appeal To Doctors Amid Nationwide Protests Over Kolkata Horror
NDTV
Doctors have called a 24-hour nationwide strike in protest against the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata.
Amid a nationwide strike by doctors in protest against the rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata, the Union Health Ministry today assured them of all possible efforts to ensure their safety.
In an official statement, the Ministry said it will form a committee to suggest measures for ensuring the safety of healthcare professionals, an announcement that came over a week after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata triggered widespread protests across the country.
The assurance came after the representatives of the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), Indian Medical Association (IMA), and Resident Doctors' Associations of Governmental Medical Colleges & Hospitals of Delhi met the officials of the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare in Delhi.
