New Delhi:AIIMS Resident Doctor's Association organised a protest on Monday morning in solidarity with the Kolkata doctors who have been agitating following an alleged attack on a junior doctor in West Bengal's capital.
The protest was held in front of Jawaharlal Auditorium of the All India Institute Medical Sciences here and will commence at 8 am, a press statement by the doctors' body said.
"It has been decided to resort to a protest wherein patient care services will not be hampered to ensure that the backlog of patients including the patients affected by the strike, is addressed appropriately. A protest march shall be organized from 8 to 9 am on Monday morning in front of Jawaharlal Auditorium, AIIMS, New Delhi following which, we shall resume duties," it said.
Expressing concerns over what they called "situation of doctors" and AIIMS authorities in the statement said that they were in touch with the striking doctors in West Bengal. "We are hereby hopeful that the West Bengal administration considers demands of striking doctors and resolves the matter amicably at the earliest in the best interest of the people," the press release added.