Doctors
- India
RG Kar issue: Junior doctors fast-unto-death enters 12th day
Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors continued their fast-unto-death for the 12th consecutive day on Wednesday demanding justice for the deceased woman colleague of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and workplace security. Sourav…
- Kolkata
RG Kar protest: Another Doctor on hunger strike falls unconscious, hospitalised
Kolkata: Calcutta Medical College and Hospital’s woman junior doctor Tanaya Panja, who was on a fast-unto-death agitation, along with other protesting junior doctors, since October 5 against the ghastly rape and murder…
- India
LF asks Bengal CM to hold immediate meeting with agitating junior doctors
Kolkata: The Left Front on Monday demanded that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee “call the agitating junior doctors for a meeting immediately to resolve their demands.” In an open letter to…
- Kolkata
Bengal Chief Secy, Doctors’ meeting on RG Kar case concludes without resolution
Kolkata: The meeting between representatives of 12 doctors’ associations and West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Monday regarding the impasse over demands raised in the aftermath of the ghastly rape and…
- India
RG Kar: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters 9th day
Kolkata: The hunger strike by junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day on Sunday, even as their health parameters…
- News
IMA chief praises agitating doctors, says touched by their determination
Kolkata: Representatives of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), led by national president RV Asokan, met the agitating junior doctors who have been on an indefinite hunger strike demanding justice for their murdered…
- India
RG Kar: Junior doctors to distribute leaflets at Kolkata Puja pandals outlining demands
Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors will distribute leaflets outlining their demands for justice for their murdered colleague at various Durga Puja pandals across the city on Wednesday besides holding a blood donation camp,…
- India
RG Kar case: Protesting doctors’ hunger strike enters 3rd day
Kolkata: The fast-unto-death protest of six junior doctors at Esplanade in Kolkata, over the rape and murder of their colleague in the state-run R.G. Kar Medical College Hospital entered the third day…
- Telangana
Telangana: TJUDA voices support to Bengal doctors’ hunger strike
Hyderabad: The Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA) on Sunday, October 6 expressed solidarity with the hunger strike initiated by the junior doctors in West Bengal. In a declaration, the TJUDA said, “On…
- India
Delhi: Govt extends tenure of residents in hospitals
New Delhi: The Delhi government on Thursday, October 3 extended the tenure of existing regular senior residents (SRs) and junior residents (JRs) in all government hospitals. The Department of Health and Family…
- Delhi
Delhi: Doctors’ unions call for strict safety measures after medic’s murder
New Delhi: Several doctors’ associations condemned the murder of a 55-year-old medic on Thursday, October 3 saying “doctors are sitting on deathbeds” and called for immediate action to ensure their safety. According…
- India
Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Thousands march on streets
Kolkata: In continuing protests over the rape and murder of a medic at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital, thousands of people on Tuesday walked a 5-km stretch in the metropolis, shouting slogans and…
- Kolkata
West Bengal junior doctors resume ‘total cease work’
Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal resumed their indefinite “total cease work” on Tuesday to press the state government on various demands, including ensuring their safety and security at all medical…
- Entertainment
Meet the Indian actresses who are also qualified doctors
Hyderabad: The Indian film industry is full of glamour and fame, but did you know that some of your favorite actresses are also highly educated? In fact, a few of them even…
- India
WB: Doctors to resume ‘cease work’ after SC hearing of RG Kar case on Monday
Kolkata: Junior doctors of West Bengal on Saturday night said that they would resume total ‘cease work’ in medical colleges across the state after hearing of the RG Kar case in the…
