Chennai: Medical services in state-run
hospitals in Tamil Nadu were hit on Wednesday when about 16,000
doctors went on a day's strike protesting the gruesome murder
of a 55-year-old woman doctor in Tuticorin.
The surgeon was allegedly hacked to death in her clinic
by a man whose pregnant wife in serious condition was treated
by her and died en route to a hospital after she developed
some complications, police said.
The man went to the clinic on January 2 and allegedly
attacked the doctor while his three accomplices waited
outside. All the four have been arrested, police said.
The Tamil Nadu Government Doctors' Association, which is
spearheading the agitation, said doctors wore black badges and
struck work in all the hospitals.
The services in the surgery department and OPD came to a
halt from 7.30 am, according to the association's state
secretary Dr P Balakrishnan.
Balakrishnan sought police protection for doctors and
hospitals in the state.
The Indian Medical Association's Tamil Nadu unit has also
given a call for a similar strike tomorrow.
Balakrishnan said the two associations would meet on
Thursday and hold a rally in Chennai.
PTI
First Published: Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 20:46