Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Bhubaneswar on Friday came in support of their striking counterparts protesting against the brutal assault on two colleagues in Kolkata.
The resident doctors of the AIIMS Bhubaneswar capital joined around 80,000 colleagues across the country after the India Medical Association declared an “All India Protest Day” on Friday against the attack on doctors in the Nil Ratan Sircar (NRS) Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal.
They joined the strike which includes OPD, routine, OT and ward work. However, the emergency services will remain unaffected.
“Physical violence along with government apathy is unacceptable for individual in this country. The repeated atrocious acts of barbarism have propelled pan India strike and support to our young brothers and sisters, who constitute the biggest manpower to any Government health institute,” AIIMS Bhubaneswar doctors said in a release.