Indian medics stage nationwide strike over doctor’s rape and murder
Al Jazeera
Doctors in India remained off the job on Sunday, calling for justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered.
Indian doctors observed a nationwide strike, escalating protests after the “barbaric” rape and murder of their colleague that has channelled outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women.
The discovery of the 31-year-old doctor’s bloodied body at a state-run hospital in Kolkata, the capital of the eastern state of West Bengal, on August 9 led to furious protests in several cities across the country.
Many of those protests have been led by doctors and other healthcare workers but also joined by tens of thousands of common Indians from all walks of life demanding action.
In Kolkata, thousands held a candlelight vigil. “Hands that heal shouldn’t bleed,” read one sign, held by a protester in the eastern city.
“Enough is enough,” read another at a rally by doctors in the capital, New Delhi.
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