Kolkata, Oct. 24 -- Senior resident doctors at the state-run Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government Medical College and Hospital in Uluberia, Howrah, launched a five-hour pen-down strike today to protest the alleged assault on a junior woman doctor earlier this week by a group led by a police home guard.
The strike began at 9 am in front of the hospital superintendent's office, with protesting doctors demanding better safety and security for medical staff, particularly women, and the creation of a workplace free from threats and intimidation.
One of the protesters said that since the assault incident on October 20, there had been "no visible improvement in the security system or efforts to ensure a conducive atmosphere for medical profess...