India, Sept. 11 -- Associations of doctors and nurses in Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday announced a 48-hour shutdown of hospital services across the state from Friday to protest the assault on two doctors at the Tomo Riba Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (TRIHMS) in Naharlagun.

A joint statement issued by the associations said the state's government and private hospitals would remain closed for two days -- emergency services would, however, continue to function - in the first phase of their agitation against the brutal attack on two doctors on Thursday,

The statement was issued by TRIHMS Faculty Association, Indian Medical Association (IMA) Arunachal Branch, Arunachal Pradesh Doctors' Association (APDA), and the Trained Nurses' A...