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
