Doctors at Sagar Dutta Hospital Strike After Patient's Family Attacks Staff; Four Arrested

Sep 28, 2024, 12:56 PM

Junior doctors and nurses at the state-run Sagar Dutta Medical College and Hospital in North 24 Parganas district near Kolkata have launched a cease-work agitation on Saturday following an alleged assault by relatives of a 30-year-old patient who died. The incident occurred shortly after West Bengal's junior doctors called off a previous ceasework strike a week earlier. After the patient's death, family members reportedly attacked on-duty healthcare workers, leading to violence at the College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital (CMSDH) in Kamarhati. Authorities have arrested four individuals in connection with the attack. Barrackpore Commissioner of Police Alok Rajoria met with the protesting junior doctors, who have demanded action against the assailants.