The doctors at RA Podar hospital went on strike after one of the students—Dayanand Kale, 22—allegedly fell down from a tree and died. Kale was a third-year student of the Bachelors of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery course.

According to a statement issued by the doctors, the casualty ward and ICU at the hospital were not available and hence Kale had to be taken to Nair hospital. However, he wasn’t given timely treatment. Following the incident, doctors from Podar Ayurved Medical College went on strike and also shut down their OPD centre.
Dr Manoj Gaikwad, a doctor at Poddar hospital, said there are no such protests.