Non-essential medical services paralysed as more than a million doctors expected to join 24-hour protest amid rising anger at violence against women

Non-essential medical services paralysed as more than a million doctors expected to join 24-hour protest amid rising anger at violence against women

Hospitals and clinics across India have begun turning away patients except for emergency cases as medical professionals started a 24-hour shutdown in protest against the rape and murder of a doctor in the eastern city of Kolkata.

More than 1 million doctors were expected to join Saturday’s strike, paralysing medical services across the world’s most populous nation. Hospitals said faculty staff from medical colleges had been pressed into service for emergency cases.

The strike, which began at 6am (0030 GMT), cut off access to elective medical procedures and outpatient consultations, according to a statement by the Indian Medical Association (IMA).

Casualty departments at hospitals, which deal with emergencies, will continue to be staffed.

  • @gedaliyah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    42•3 months ago

    It seems like India has failed to take violence against women seriously for far too long. We’ve heard stories like this too many times!

  • @I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.worldEnglish
    30•3 months ago

    A radical shift is needed in Indian society. Multiple generations of men see women as nothing but sex objects. It’s like a whole nation of sweaty incels. It will take a lot of time and effort, but the first steps are beginning. While older generations of Indian women are complacent in this fucked up way of thinking, younger generations are less willing to put up with this shit. The next step is getting younger generations of Indian men to follow suit.

    • peef ಠ_ಠEnglish
      10•3 months ago

      While older generations of Indian women are complacent in this fucked up way of thinking, younger generations are less willing to put up with this shit.

      This is true to some extent.
      Let’s talk about the privileged here, who can get education. Younger generation, even though being educated, are still conformed to the family and societal norms. Education is still unable to break these conservative norms, as for being a good individual in the face of family and society, you’ve to follow these norms. It starts with disguised discrimination, and the sum of this is the individuals inability to view women as equals to men, or as just mere objects. Misogyny has been internalised. This goes both for young men and women.