"Pivotal Moment": Key Doctors' Body Resumes Strike 2 Days After Calling It Off
NDTV
The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) said it was "shocked and anguished" by the violence at the RG Kar Medical College And Hospital, and acknowledged that its earlier decision had caused "distress".
The vandalism at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a trainee doctor was brutally raped and murdered last week, has prompted a key doctors' body to resume its strike with "renewed resolve" just two days after it decided to call it off.
On Tuesday, the Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) had said it had decided to call off its strike - which began on Monday, three days after the rape and murder of the 31-year-old trainee doctor - after a meeting with Union Health Minister JP Nadda. The organisation had said its demands had been met, including one seeking an assurance that the Central Healthcare Protection Act would be passed to curb attacks on medical personnel.
The decision had caused consternation among resident doctors' associations (RDAs) of several other hospitals, including that of the premier All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, which had said that the strike would go on. The resident doctors' association of Safdarjung Hospital had even gone on to say that it was no longer associated with FORDA.
