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Doctors in India Continue Strike, Demand Gov’t Action in Response to Rape and Murder of Colleague

HeadlineAug 20, 2024

In India, hundreds of thousands of doctors have prolonged their nationwide strike over the rape and murder of a young medical trainee in a Kolkata hospital earlier this month. Doctors at public hospitals turned away all but emergency patients Monday as they continued to take to the streets in protest.

Dr. Rajni: “This is not a rape of a doctor. It’s not a rape of a doctor. It’s a rape of a daughter. She was a daughter. She was a sister, someone’s sister. So, if we do not raise a voice for ourselves, then no one ever will. For this, we are here.”

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