Kolkata doctor rape and murder: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters ninth day, others on ‘symbolic fast’

The protesting doctors urge people to observe “Arandhan” (no cooking) on October 13 to show solidarity and support for their cause

The hunger strike by junior doctors of  West Bengal to press for their demands following the R G Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day on Sunday , October 13, 2024, when people are holding a “symbolic fast” at various parts of the state to express solidarity with the agitators.

Three of the junior doctors who were observing ‘fast unto death’ in Kolkata and Siliguri have so far been hispitalised after their condition deteriorated.

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