India's doctors strike in protest of rape, murder of colleague

Doctors and medical students hold placards and candles during a protest against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata last week, in Ahmedabad, India, Aug. 17, 2024. The outpatient department in a hospital in Kolkata is empty on Aug. 17, 2024, as medical professionals around India take part in protests relating to the rape and murder of a doctor in India's West Bengal state.

Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday as medical professionals staged a 24-hour shutdown in protest over the rape and murder of a doctor this month in the eastern city of Kolkata.