Indore (Madhya Pradesh): Outrage over the brutal rape and murder of a doctor in Kolkata intensified on Friday, when doctors called for a major shutdown of services nationwide and doctors in Indore will also be a part of it and medical services will remain crippled. The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the largest organisation of medical staff in the country, has announced a nationwide strike starting from 6 am on Saturday, August 17, until 6 am on Sunday, August 18.
This strike, expected to be the largest in over a decade, will close most hospital departments. Junior Doctors Association, Madhya Pradesh Medical College Teachers Association Nursing Home, Index Medical College, Aurobindo Medical College, all Pathology Sonography Investigation Centres, all Specialty Associations, Dental Association, Ayurveda Conference, Family Physicians, General Practitioners, Physiotherapists and all other medical organisations will participate in the strike.
All appointments and surgeries will be rescheduled to new dates and only emergency services like accidents, heart attack cases and other such emergency incidents will be taken up. The protests follows the August 9 incident, in which a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. This has sparked widespread demonstrations and strikes by the medical community across the nation.
All About Strike
• Indian Medical Association (IMA) has announced a nationwide strike starting from 6 am on Saturday, August 17, until 6 am on Sunday, August 18.
• Expect most hospital departments to be closed during this duration. Routine outpatient departments (OPDs) and elective surgeries will remain shut.
• Only essential services will remain operational. This includes emergency care and critical treatments, which will continue as usual.
• Casualty services will be available to handle any urgent medical needs that arise.
• The strike will affect all areas where modern medicine doctors work, including both public and private hospitals.
