Doctors strike

The strike, involving interns, private training doctors, and Comilla Medical College students, left many patients stranded, with the hospital’s main gates closed today (11 March). Photo: TBS
Health

Patients suffer as doctors strike at Comilla Medical College Hospital

Doctors said their strike was for the betterment of the healthcare system and the protection of doctors

The Bangladesh Civil Service (Health) Cadre Specialist Doctors’ Forum suspended its strike over pending promotions on 8 March. Photo: TBS
Health

BCS specialist doctors call off strike over pending promotions after govt’s assurance

Sketch: TBS
Thoughts

Protect doctors, not attack them

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. File Photo: Collected
South Asia

Mamata Banerjee says ‘ready to resign’ as junior doctors protest stalemate continues

Medics march along a street during a protest condemning the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital, in Kolkata, India, August 28, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Sahiba Chawdhary/ File Photo
South Asia

Striking Indian doctors want demands met before returning to work

Health and Family Welfare Adviser Nurjahan Begum at a press conference at the Secretariat on 1 September. Photo: Courtesy
Health

Doctors agree to halt 'shutdown' till 8pm tomorrow after health adviser assures arrest of attackers

Health Adviser Nurjahan Begum. Photo: Collected
Health

Health adviser urges doctors to withdraw 'shutdown'

Doctors hold posters and shout slogans during a protest march demanding justice following the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a hospital in Kolkata, in Ahmedabad, India, August 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Amit Dave
South Asia

India doctors end one strike over colleague's rape and murder

Medical staff shout slogans while holding placards at a hospital in Mumbai, after a nationwide strike was declared by the Indian Medical Association to protest the rape and murder of a trainee medic at a government-run hospital in Kolkata, India, August 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
South Asia

India's doctors strike in protest at rape and murder of colleague

Medical workers walk at Severance Hospital in Seoul, South Korea, 21 February 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon
Asia

South Korea deploys military, public doctors to strike-hit hospitals

Doctors chant slogans during a rally to protest against government plans to increase medical school admissions in Seoul, South Korea, 3 March 2024. The banners read "Oppose increasing medical school admissions without talks with the medical community" (in blue) and "Medical education will be harmed in increasing medical school admissions" (in red). Photo: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji
Asia

South Korean doctors hold a mass rally against medical policy

Photo: UNB
Asia

S. Korea urges doctors to return to work as protests continue

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Doctors call off strike after gynaecologists released on bail