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Mumbai: KEM hospital doctors march in solidarity with Kolkata medicos

MARD spokesperson Deepak Munde, 27, said the government needs to spend more on healthcare. "In 1950, India spent way less than 0.5 percent of its GDP on healthcare, and after 69 years, it has risen to just a little over 1 percent," he added

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Resident doctors at KEM Hospital held a protest march on the premises on Friday morning in solidarity with medical fraternity in Kolkata who are demonstrating against the attack on two of their colleagues. Close to 200 resident doctors gathered held a march and performed a street play depicting the attack on two junior doctors in Kolkata by family members of a patient who died on Monday night.

The protest, organised by the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), began at 8 am and ended at 5 pm. The MARD members highlighted several issues the doctors generally face and demanded better infrastructure and manpower to curb attacks on the medical staff.

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