NEW DELHI (AP) — India's medical workers began a countrywide strike Saturday to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the eastern West Bengal state. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * NEW DELHI (AP) — India's medical workers began a countrywide strike Saturday to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the eastern West Bengal state. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s medical workers began a countrywide strike Saturday to protest the rape and killing of a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in the eastern West Bengal state.
Saturday’s strike was called by the country’s largest group of doctors, the Indian Medical Association, saying all non-essential services at hospitals would be shut down across the country for 24 hours. The suspension of work has affected thousands of patients across India. The protests — mostly led by women — have intensified in recent days, demanding a safer working environment.
Here’s what to know. A trainee doctor has been killed On Aug. 9, police discovered the bloodied body of the 31-year-old trainee doctor at the state-run R.
G. Kar Medical College and Hospital’s seminar hall in eastern Kolkata city. A police volunteer working at the hospital has been detained in connection with the crime, but the family of the victim alleges it was a gang rape.