<p>Nearly 4,000 resident doctors in Maharashtra today went on an indefinite strike demanding suspension of three policemen from Solapur who allegedly attacked their colleague there on December 31.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The doctors are demanding suspension of the trio and also that they be booked under the Doctors Protection Act of 2008 and their offence be made cognisable and non-bailable.<br /><br />"There is CCTV footage to show that the policemen assaulted the resident doctor. Apart from a FIR, no action has been taken so far," Dr Harshal Panshewdikar, General Secretary of central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) said.<br /><br />The resident doctors are alleging that the three policemen who were at the Solapur government medical hospital forced a doctor who was already busy with a emergency case to attend to a pregnant woman who was in labour.<br /><br />"The doctor said the female patient be taken to the gynaecology ward but the police beat up the doctor," he said.<br /><br />Senior doctors and other medical officers have supported the MARD demand and assured them that they will ensure medical services are not affected, Dr Panshewdikar said.<br /><br />He said the resident doctors association has not received any communication from the government regarding their demand. </p>
<p>Nearly 4,000 resident doctors in Maharashtra today went on an indefinite strike demanding suspension of three policemen from Solapur who allegedly attacked their colleague there on December 31.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The doctors are demanding suspension of the trio and also that they be booked under the Doctors Protection Act of 2008 and their offence be made cognisable and non-bailable.<br /><br />"There is CCTV footage to show that the policemen assaulted the resident doctor. Apart from a FIR, no action has been taken so far," Dr Harshal Panshewdikar, General Secretary of central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) said.<br /><br />The resident doctors are alleging that the three policemen who were at the Solapur government medical hospital forced a doctor who was already busy with a emergency case to attend to a pregnant woman who was in labour.<br /><br />"The doctor said the female patient be taken to the gynaecology ward but the police beat up the doctor," he said.<br /><br />Senior doctors and other medical officers have supported the MARD demand and assured them that they will ensure medical services are not affected, Dr Panshewdikar said.<br /><br />He said the resident doctors association has not received any communication from the government regarding their demand. </p>