Doctors distribute medicines to farmers outside Vidhan Bhavan on Monday. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar

Doctors at Thane Civil Hospital distributed medicines to farmers who were protesting near Vidhan Bhavan yesterday, having followed them in vans from Thane. Dr Sanjay Carole, medical officer at the hospital, said, "I have been here since morning, and 50-odd people have come for treatment, mostly for pain in the legs, and sores and boils on feet, as they walked barefoot all the way. A few also came for headaches and heatstroke."