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The Economic Times
The Economic Times

With stethoscopes and first-aid kits, volunteer doctors stand by protesters at Jantar Mantar

New Delhi: At one end of Jantar Mantar, protesters on Wednesday raised slogans. At the other, volunteer doctors sat beside ambulances, treating a steady flow of people with swollen limbs, cuts, fever and dehydration before sending them back into the crowd.

Amid chants and speeches from the protest stage, healthcare professionals from Delhi and neighbouring states have been running makeshift medical assistance points, owing to what they described as a sense of duty.

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