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KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR, India — Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday (Aug 17) as medical professionals staged a 24-hour shutdown in protest over the rape and murder of a doctor this month in the eastern city of Kolkata.
At the peak of the Kala Patthar landmark, 5,500 metres above sea level in eastern Nepal, Jacob Cresswell, a team leader working for the United Nations Stop TB programme, lifts several layers of clothing to place a freezing laptop against his bare stomach.
Hospitals hit by 24-hour shutdown as protests demanding protection for health workers and condemning violence swell.
Hospitals and clinics across India turned away patients except for emergency cases on Saturday as medical professionals launched a nationwide strike on Saturday, escalating protests after the “barbaric” rape and murder of their colleague that has channelled outrage at the chronic issue of violence against women.
A former director of Novena Global Healthcare Group (NGHG) was on Friday jailed for 15 years and nine months.
LONDON — Shares of Danish vaccine maker Bavarian Nordic jumped as much as 17% Thursday amid a wider rally for associated healthcare stocks after the World Health Organization declared an escalating mpox outbreak in Africa as a public health emergency.
India’s medical fraternity is up in arms over the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor, with the horrific case sparking strikes by professionals and women’s groups across the country, as well as demands for stronger staff security.
LONDON — European stocks closed higher on Friday as global equity markets looked to rebuild from the recent sell-off.