Doctors and other employees of government hospitals went on a snap strike in Athani on Wednesday, seeking the arrest of a social activist who is said to have attacked a doctor on duty.
The taluk hospital and other government health care centres remained closed for most of the day as doctors skipped work and sat in dharna seeking the arrest of the accused.
In a complaint submitted to the Tahsildar, members of the Karnataka State Government Medical Officers Association said that Dayanand Waghmore of Bevanur village attacked Basavaraj Ghoolappanavar, doctor on duty in the Athani Taluk Hospital, on Tuesday.
