Udupi: In response to the Indian Medical Association’s (IMA) call for a nation-wide strike against the recent attack on young doctors, the OPD services in all hospitals in the Udupi district came to a standstill on Monday, June 17, however, emergency services were provided.
Kasturba Medical College and Kasturba Hospital, Manipal, Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Indian Medical Association Udupi Karavali and Indian Dental Association jointly held a candlelight march from Dr T M A Pai Hall to Kasturba Hospital on Monday evening in solidarity with the Kolkata doctors.
More than a thousand doctors and medical students participated in the candlelight march. The dean of Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Medical Superintendent of Kasturba Hospital, Dean of Manipal College of Dental Sciences, Office bearers of Indian Medical Association Udupi and Office bearers of Indian Dental Association Udupi were also present.