The Indian Medical Association on Thursday (August 15, 2024) night announced a 24-hour nationwide withdrawal of non-emergency services from 6 a.m. on August 17 to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee woman doctor at the State-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and the subsequent vandalism at the facility.
Essential services will be maintained and casualty wards operational, the medical body said in a statement. Out-patient departments (OPD) will not function and elective surgeries will not be conducted. The withdrawal is across all sectors wherever modern medicine doctors are providing services, the IMA said.
