Overview

• Doctors at Goa Medical College and Hospital called off their two-day protest after Chief Minister Pramod Sawant met residents and officials to accept their list of demands.
• The Goa Association of Resident Doctors had issued a 24-hour ultimatum for a public apology from Health Minister Vishwajit Rane at the casualty ward, reinstatement of Dr. Rudresh Kuttikar and an end to VIP culture.
• Rane’s apology on social media and television was rejected as a “studio apology,” prompting doctors to insist on an in-person apology at the site of the incident.
• The Maharashtra Senior Resident Doctors’ Association and Indian Medical Association wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging national safeguards, including legal protection against harassment of healthcare workers.
• The state government agreed to formalise no-VIP-culture protocols, ban videography in patient-care areas and bolster security on hospital premises to protect medical staff.