Junior doctors and healthcare staff in government and private hospitals across Hyderabad and Telangana have announced a boycott of out-patient (OP) and non-emergency services for 24 hours beginning at 6 am on Saturday, August 17.

Medical colleges and hospitals across the state, following the announcement of protest by the Indian Medical Association (IMA), have declared that the OP and non-emergency services would be shut down for 24 hours starting 6 am on Saturday till 6 am on Sunday.

Doctors across hospitals in Hyderabad and the state have been demanding justice for the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata earlier this week.