Bengal Doctors On Strike After Colleague Attacked For Alleged Negligence

Junior doctors are on strike at all state-run medical institutions in West Bengal today after a doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata was assaulted last night over alleged negligence. The assaulted doctor is in critical condition and was beaten up by relatives of a patient who died at the hospital. Junior doctors at the NRS Medical College and Hospital, who said their colleague was assaulted in the presence of police, have accused the cops of inaction.