23 died as doctors on strike: Bengal government submits report in Supreme Court | India News – Times of India
NEW DELHI: During a hearing concerning the rape and murder of a postgraduate doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal government informed the Supreme Court on Monday that 23 individuals have lost their lives due to the ongoing doctors' strike. The strike was initiated in protest of the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the West Bengal government, presented a status report prepared by the state health department to a bench led by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud. "A status report has been filed. The state health department has filed a report. Tweny-three people have died as doctors are on strike," Sibal told the bench also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and ...