show solidarity: The strike is in response to a grave situation, said IMA's secretary-general, R.V. Asokan, adding that the strike will not affect emergency services, according to The Japan Times. Asokan said more than 300,000 of the organization's members began a three-day protest on Friday, wearing black badges to show solidarity with their colleagues in West Bengal. Tens of thousands of medical professionals across the country will skip work on Monday to demand legal protection for health workers, who often face violence from families who allege patients have been neglected, the Indian Medical Association said. ; We are demanding an immediate end to the violence against doctors. Doctors across several states also wore safety helmets to symbolize the dangers they face at work. The family alleged the death was caused because the doctors were negligent and lashed out violently, leaving two of the medical staff critically injured. Medical professionals in West Bengal's capital, Kolkata, have been on strike since Monday, when a family assaulted three doctors after a relative died during treatment at a state-run hospital.
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