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August 20, 2024

Doctors in India Continue Strike, Demand Gov't Action in Response to Rape and Murder of Colleague
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In India, hundreds of thousands of doctors have prolonged their
nationwide strike over the rape and murder of a young medical trainee in
a Kolkata hospital earlier this month. Doctors at public hospitals
turned away all but emergency patients Monday as they continued to take
to the streets in protest.

Dr. Rajni: "This is not a rape of a doctor. It's not a rape of a doctor.
It's a rape of a daughter. She was a daughter. She was a sister,
someone's sister. So, if we do not raise a voice for ourselves, then no
one ever will. For this, we are here."



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