Junior doctors stopped work in a protest that spread throughout the state, affecting government hospital services and leaving numerous patients helpless. In 2017, the Indian Medical Association is reported to have found that 75 per cent of Indian doctors face violence in the workplace. What the latest incident in Calcutta exposes is the government’s failure to implement systems for the security of medical staff. This does not, of course, excuse the virtual closure of government hospitals across the state because junior doctors stopped work. As the government must face up to its responsibility of providing doctors with security, so the medical fraternity must make sure that patients do not suffer because of its actions.

Source: The Telegraph June 13, 2019 04:07 UTC