FCTA Resident Doctors Declare Indefinite Strike

A doctor is pictured wearing a black ribbon to express his anguish against the rape and murder of a doctor in India's West Bengal state, at a government hospital in Varanasi on August 17, 2024. - Indian doctors launched a nationwide strike on August 17, escalating protests after the "barbaric" rape and murder of their colleague that has channelled outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women. (Photo by Niharika KULKARNI / AFP)

The Association of Resident Doctors in the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA have begun an indefinite strike.

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