Nationwide strike by IMA: Healthcare services severely affected in all northeastern states

Guwahati: Healthcare services have been severely affected in all the northeastern states due to a nationwide strike called by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) .

The strike was called against the ghastly incident of rape and murder of a woman doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

The 24-hour-long strike has led to the complete shutdown of the Outpatient Departments (OPDs). However, only emergency services were provided to the patients by the doctors.

In Assam, doctors across the state on Saturday joined the countrywide protest. Wearing black badges and displaying placards, doctors in most medical colleges in the state demanding exemplary punishment to the perpetrators of the Kolkata doctor killing and framing of central law to ensure safety and security of doctors and other medical professionals.

In Tripura, besides the IMA state unit, All Tripura Government Doctors’ Association and various other doctors’ bodies joined the nationwide strike.

The IMA also held a protest rally in Agartala.In Nagaland, the IMA, Nagaland state branch, Nagaland In-Service Doctors’ Association (NIDA) and Indian Dental Association, Nagaland state unit joined in the nationwide withdrawal of services, except the emergency, for 24 hours starting from 6 a.m. on Saturday.Emergency services were, however, operational in all the Nagaland hospitals.

In Arunachal Pradesh, as part of the country-wide protest, the doctors at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences at Naharlagun staged a demonstration.

Displaying banners, placards and shouting slogans, the doctors demanded justice for the victim and her family members at the earliest.

In Manipur, healthcare services were also affected in the state on Saturday as doctors went on 24-hour cease work as part of the IMA’s nationwide strike against the rape and murder of a female doctor in a Kolkata hospital.

OPDs were closed at all hospitals, including the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) and Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) in Imphal.

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