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Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Healthcare services hit in nationwide stir, doctors refuse to back down

Medicos in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Kerala also join protests to demand justice for the Kolkata rape-murder victim

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A patient being taken to an emergency ward in Kolkata on a stretcher after doctors and medical staff hold a 24-hour strike on Saturday. PIC/PTI

A patient being taken to an emergency ward in Kolkata on a stretcher after doctors and medical staff hold a 24-hour strike on Saturday. PIC/PTI

Healthcare services took a hit across West Bengal on Saturday as doctors joined their junior colleagues in the cease work, demanding justice for the rape and murder of a medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Junior doctors began the stir eight days ago, and with the seniors joining in following a call by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), services at the outpatient departments of both government and private hospitals were affected.

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