What are the doctors demanding? A 31-year-old doctor in Kolkata was raped and murdered. A month ago, in Andhra Pradesh, a nurse was assaulted by a patient’s relative with an iron rod.

In Agartala, a junior doctor faced threats and physical harm from an agitated group of patients’ kin. In May 2023, a 23-year-old Kerala doctor was stabbed to death by a patient at Kottarakkara Taluk Hospital. The doctors face not just physical but verbal abuse almost every day. What is the Central Protection Act for Doctors?