India, Nov. 11 -- The acting dean of Dr R N Cooper Hospital, Juhu, Dr Neelam Andrade, has written to the Juhu police demanding immediate action against those involved in the assault on on-duty doctors that occurred between 12.10am and 12.30am on November 8.

Despite an FIR being registered early that morning, no concrete action was taken, even after more than 30 hours had passed, prompting outrage among resident doctors who went on mass leave in protest. According to the police, the accused, Sameer Abdul Jabbar Shaikh, 35, attacked three doctors on Saturday after his 57-year-old mother, Sayyeda, was declared dead on arrival. As her blood pressure was unrecordable, doctors began CPR after informing the seniors, but she could not be revived...