Patna, July 24: Peeved over failure of police to nab killers of a medical practitioner, doctors across Bihar today closed their private clinics much to the suffering of patients. Doctors decided to close clinics across the state to protest killing of their colleague Om Prakash Verma on Sunday by unidentified persons at Takiapa in Danapur for reportedly refusing to pay extortion money, Indian Medical Association (Bihar unit) general secretary Dr Shahjanand Singh said.
Government hospitals have been exempted from the purview of the strike, Singh said.
The IMA had on Monday set a "48-hour deadline" to apprehend the culprits but the police failed to do the needful, he said.
The doctors would also hold a protest rally here in protest of Sunday's incident, besides the issue of frequent attacks on the medical fraternity, Singh said.
Singh said the doctors were expected to meet Chief Minister Rabri Devi in this regard soon.
The IMA has demanded protection to the family of the slain doctor and a compensation of Rs 10 lakh, besides a government job to his kin.
The current agitation comes barely two months after a prominent neuro-surgeon was kidnapped from the city and released after a few days. Bureau Report