Mumbai, Aug 12 (UNI) The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) on Monday announced that doctors at civic agency-run hospitals in Mumbai will go on strike and suspend non-emergency services from Tuesday as a show of solidarity with Kolkata's R G Kar Medical College resident doctors who are protesting against a colleague's rape and demanding better security for doctors.
The Association also condemned the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor during her 36-hour shift at Kolkata’s Hospital on Friday.
The statement released by Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) MARD on Monday said, "We BMC MARD announce the suspension of elective/non-emergency medical services by resident doctors from 8 am on August 13 until the acceptance of demands of Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College residents, immediate appointment of a central agency to investigate the case, establishment of a Central Protection Act, an immediate audit and recruitment of the security measures (MSF and BMC) at all medial institutions and that of a detailed report on the total number of CCTV cameras installed in respective hospitals are met."