January 18, 2026 03:48 pm (IST)
Resident doctors of Maharashtra hospitals go on mass leave demanding security
Mumbai, Mar 20 (IBNS) : Nearly 4500 Resident doctors across Mumbai and several other parts of Maharashtra went on mass leave on Monday following three incidents of violence in which several of them were where attacked, reports said.
The doctors, in their leave applications, have said that they cannot work under such life-threatening conditions.
After an attack on a resident doctor at Sion hospital on Saturday, doctors in Mumbai called a strike refusing to handle the OPD and emergency cases.
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