West Bengal Doctors Strike in Demand for Safety and Justice

Junior doctors in West Bengal are protesting the rape and murder of a trainee doctor and demanding better security at hospitals. Despite a Supreme Court deadline, they vow to continue the strike until their demands are met, including CCTV installations and removal of the police chief.

Junior doctors in India's state of West Bengal vowed on Tuesday to continue their protest strike over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor unless their demands were addressed, defying a Supreme Court deadline.

Hundreds of doctors are calling for better security measures at hospitals and justice for the female victim, discovered dead on August 9 in a classroom at Kolkata's R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital. The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front stated it would "consider" following the court's order only if its demands were met by the deadline.

"Otherwise, we will understand that the government does not wish to end the deadlock," the group, representing approximately 7,000 physicians in the state, declared in a statement on Monday. "In that case, we will hold the government responsible for the situation arising across the state."

(With inputs from agencies.)