Two national medical bodies closed down OPDs in private practice and radiodiagnostic modalities for 24 hours in solidarity with the doctors' assault in Kolkata. Thankfully, patients were not inconvenienced as emergency services were functioning as usual.

Resident doctors sported black ribbons on their wrists, demanding stricter regulations to protect doctors. Maharashtra State Branch of Indian Radiological and Imaging Association along with hundreds of doctors from Indian Medical Association joined hands demanding a national law against violence in hospitals.