PGI resident doctors hold 12-hour hunger strike in support of West Bengal doctors
Chandigarh: Doctors at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education Research (PGI) Chandigarh, began a 12-hour hunger strike at 9 AM on Tuesday, demanding justice for a fellow resident doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
Pradeep Reddy, a doctor said that it had been 200 hours of hunger strike by the doctors in state and yet justice was being denied.
Speaking to ANI, Reddy said, "We are sitting on a 12-hour hunger strike to support our fellow doctors. It has been 200 hours since our doctors have been sitting on strike. Out of seven students, five students have fainted. Why is the state government overlooking our demands? We are not asking for anything big, all we are asking is proper safety and justice on a fast-track basis. We are not any hooligans, we are just another cream layer of society demanding justice. We will be deciding after the strike on what we will do tomorrow. Last month, our protest was called off in respect of the highest court."
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