Jammu, Aug 12: In protest against the rape and murder of a lady trainee doctor in Kolkata, the resident doctors on Monday held a protest demonstration and also took a protest rally from Super Specialty Hospital Jammu.
Pertinently, the nationwide strike was today called by Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) against the sexual assault and murder of the trainee doctor whose body was found inside a seminar hall of the hospital on Friday morning at Kolkatta.
Resident Doctors wearing black armbands, raised slogans calling for justice to the victim. They took out a rally from the Super Specialty Hospital holding placards, reading “we stand in solidarity with the victim”, “no mercy for rapists” and “raise your voice before you become the next victim”.
The doctors’ strike affected the work in Government Medical College-Jammu and its associated hospitals.
However, the emergency services continued without any disruption despite suspension of work by the Resident Doctors.
