Doctors, medical students, and health workers in large numbers staged protests at various places in Kozhikode district on Wednesday against the brutal murder of Vandana Das, a house surgeon at the Kottarakkara Taluk Hospital earlier in the day.
According to sources, students at the Government Medical College, Kozhikode, boycotted their classes. Services at various health facilities, including the medical college hospital, were disrupted too as the doctors attended to only emergency cases.
Functionaries of the district unit of the Kerala Government Medical Officers’ Association (KGMOA) said its members did not attend duty at primary health centres, family health centres, taluk hospital, and the general hospital. Protest meetings and rallies were held at these places.
