Striking Indian doctors want demands met before returning to work

10/9/2024 12:13

        Junior doctors in India's state of West Bengal vowed on Tuesday to keep up a protest strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor unless their demands were met, flouting a Supreme Court deadline.
        
        Hundreds of doctors are demanding better security at hospitals and justice for the woman, found dead on Aug. 9 in a classroom at the R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the state's capital.
        
        The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front said it would "consider" the court's order only if its demands were tackled by the deadline.
        
        The demands include better safety measures, from adequate security staff and closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras to proper patient services in government hospitals, and the removal of the city's police chief.