In a move
to support the ongoing protest against the alleged rape and murder of a
junior doctor in West Bengal, the Federation of All India Medical
Association (FAIMA) on Monday announced a nationwide hunger strike.
The doctors' association held a meeting on Monday and announced that the
hunger strike will begin on Wednesday, which will be two months from
the day the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R G Kar
Medical College in West Bengal happened on August 9.
"We have been in
close contact with the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front and are united
in our stance," said Suvrankar Datta, President of FAIMA.
"After
extensive deliberation, we have decided to organise a nationwide hunger
strike in solidarity with our colleagues in West Bengal," Datta said.
Datta also emphasised that the hunger strike is intended to amplify the
voices of the junior doctors who have been on strike for weeks,
advocating for better working conditions, enhanced safety protocols, and
other essential reforms.
The doctors' association has also called on
healthcare workers across the country to participate in the strike, to
highlight unity among medical professionals in their fight for fair
treatment and improved conditions, FAIMA said in a statement. -- PTI