Violence against doctors in India: is an effective law finally in sight?

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has urged a task force set up by the country’s Supreme Court to introduce a law to tackle violence against doctors and other medical staff and to declare hospitals safe zones with mandatory security. This follows the rape and murder of a female junior doctor in Kolkata and a subsequent wave of ongoing protests that have put medical workers’ safety in the spotlight after years of rising violence.On 9 August a 31 year old second year trainee was found murdered at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata after working a 36 hour shift.1 A week later the hospital was vandalised by a crowd of people who “destroyed various sections of the hospital including the area where the victim was found,” said the IMA.Protests by doctors broke out almost immediately after the murder was discovered and have entered their 11th day, with…
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