Around 4500 doctors in the state of Maharashtra will stay away from work showing solidarity towards members of their fraternity. Doctors today are protesting across the country against the assault on two medicos from NRS College in Kolkata by the kin of a patent.

The Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) said junior doctors across government hospitals in the state would not perform surgeries or work in out-patient departments (OPDs) between 8:00 AM and 5:00 PM.

President of MARD Central has issued a statement saying, “We will not be treating any patients in routine OPDs or carry out surgeries or take rounds of wards. Doctors posted in emergency will not participate in the protest.”

It is important to mention here that the Indian Medical Association is also joining the nationwide protests taking place across the country today.