‘Where are we safe?’: medical professionals strike in India over trainee’s rape and murder

Hospitals and clinics across India have begun turning away patients except for emergency cases as medical professionals began a 24-hour shutdown in protest against the rape and murder of a doctor in the city of Kolkata.

More than one million doctors were expected to join Saturday’s strike, paralysing medical services across the world’s most populous nation.

Hospitals said faculty staff from medical colleges had been pressed into service for emergency cases

Hospitals in India hit as doctors begin nationwide strike over trainee’s rape and murder