Citation

Sachan D. BMJ 2019; 365: l4303.

Affiliation

New Delhi.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, BMJ Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1136/bmj.l4303

PMID

31217235

Abstract

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has called for a nationwide law criminalising violence against doctors and imposing a minimum of seven years in prison, after an attack in West Bengal left two doctors requiring surgery.

The attack on 10 June, by relatives of a 75 year old man who had died at NRS Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, targeted junior doctors, one of whom needed a craniotomy for a fractured skull.

The incident led to widespread protests and a national boycott of all but emergency services by the country’s 800 000 doctors ...

Language: en