Indian doctors refuse to end strike after trainee's rape and murder

CBS News

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Thousands of Indian junior doctors on Monday refused to end protests over the rape and murder of a fellow medic, disrupting hospital services nearly a week after they launched a nationwide action demanding a safer workplace and swift criminal probe.
Voice Of America
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Doctors across the country have held protests and declined to see non-emergency patients following the Aug 9 killing of the 31-year-old medic, whom police say was raped and murdered at a hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata where she was a trainee.
CNA
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A day after a female resident doctor was assaulted by drunk patients and his relatives in Mumbai's Sion hospital, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) resident doctors have announced their strike would continue until their demands on increased security and implementation of Central Healthcare Protection Act are met.
Free Press Journal
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Resident doctors in several states have withdrawn elective services, including at outpatient departments (OPDs), over the incident.
Deccan Herald

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