9am-9pm shutdown in Bengal hospitals today

June 12, 2019 11:52

In Kolkata, patients left in a lurch as the strike of junior doctors at NRS Medical College & Hospital enters the second day. A patient's attendant says, "My patient is not receiving any treatment from the last 3 days. I am not allowed to enter the hospital. Many patients are dying."

Services at state-run institutions across West Bengal were hit on Tuesday after junior doctors launched a protest after an intern at the NRS hospital was allegedly assaulted by the relatives of a patient who had died.

The outdoor patient departments at the government hospitals will be shut today from 9:00 am. to 9:00 pm because of the protest, doctors organisations have said. While hospitals say their emergency departments will function, services are expected to be affected by the low attendance of doctors.

Private hospitals are also likely to be hit; many have expressed solidarity with the protesting doctors.

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