The Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) will continue its nationwide indefinite strike on Tuesday to protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata after their meeting with officials of the Union health ministry failed to bring out any resolution.
Resident doctors of government hospitals across the country started an indefinite strike on Monday to protest the sexual assault and murder of a postgraduate medical student at the state-run RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, paralyzing elective services including OPDs and non-emergency services.
- On Monday, FORDA announced the continuation of its strike as “no concrete resolution was reached” during a discussion with the officials of the health ministry, said the medics’ body in a statement.
- FORDA President Aviral Mathur said that emergency services will continue to operate despite the continuation of the strike by resident doctors.
- According to the post-mortem report, the accused had struck the victim that the glasses of her spectacles shattered and shards pierced her eyes, reported NDTV.
- The wounds were inflicted on the trainee doctor while she was still alive and injuries on her private parts indicated that she was raped, the post-mortem report said.
- The accused had killed the trainee doctor by throttling and smothering her, as per the post-mortem report, adding that the time of death was between 3 and 5 am on Friday.
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