Visakhapatnam: Docs take part in day-long stir, only emergency care extended

Visakhapatnam: Except for emergency services, all the doctors from all the government hospitals, including King George, ENT, Mental Care, Maternity and Community Health Centres and Area Hospitals in the district, stopped outpatient services on Monday.

The doctors had announced a day-long protest on Monday and without outpatient services, hundreds of patients who had rushed to the hospitals, returned in a helpless condition.

As per the call given by the Indian Medical Association, all the doctors participated in the protests against the attack on a junior doctor at NRS Medical College in West Bengal.

However, the doctors attended to emergency cases.