PG medico Rape-Murder Case: IMA announces 24-hour nationwide strike on August 17
New Delhi: In response to the recent violent mob attack at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata during a peaceful protest on Thursday, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has declared nationwide withdrawal of services by doctors for 24 hours from 6:00 am on Saturday, August 17 to 6:00 am on Sunday, August 18.
The IMA announced that routine OPDs and elective surgeries will be suspended during those 24 hours; however, other essential services will be maintained.
In a press release issued on Thursday, the IMA stated, "After the brutal crime in R G Kar Medical College Kolkata and the hooliganism unleashed on the protesting students on the eve of the Independence Day, Indian Medical Association declares nationwide withdrawal of services by doctors of modern medicine from 6 am on Saturday 17.08.2024 to 6 am Sunday 18.08.2024 for 24 hours."
"All essential services will be maintained. Casualties will be manned. Routine OPDs will not function and elective surgeries will not be conducted. The withdrawal is across all the sectors wherever modern medicine doctors are providing service. IMA requires the sympathy of the nation with the just cause of its doctors," the release stated.
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