FAIMA announced a nationwide hunger strike starting Wednesday in solidarity with ongoing protests over the rape and murder of a junior doctor in West Bengal. The strike aims to amplify junior doctors’ demands for better working conditions and safety protocols.

Junior doctors in West Bengal have begun a hunger strike demanding better hospital security following the alleged rape and murder of a young female medic in in August.

In a move to support the ongoing protest of medics in Bengal, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) on Monday announced a nationwide hunger strike. The doctors' association held a meeting on Monday and announced that the hunger strike will begin on Wednesday,

The letter, which has so far got 47 signatories, said that doctors were concerned that the health of their colleagues -- who are protesting for better work conditions in the aftermath of the rape and murder -- is “deteriorating tremendously fast”.

I am requesting everyone to come back to work and give services to the people, says chief secretary Manoj Pant

Kolkata: The hunger strike by seven junior doctors at Esplanade, protesting the rape and murder of their colleague from R.G. Kar Medical College Hospital, has reached its fourth day on Tuesday. Coinciding with Maha Panchami,

With Tuesday coinciding with Maha Panchami, the doctors decided to mark the day with a variety of protest programmes throughout the day

The doctors' association held a meeting on Monday and announced that the hunger strike will begin on Wednesday, which will be two months from the day the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College in West Bengal happened on August 9.

The doctors' association held a meeting on Monday and announced that the hunger strike will begin on Wednesday, which will be two months from the day the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at R G Kar Medical College.