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Resident Doctors Protest at AIIMS Jodhpur Over Colleague's Death, Seek Compensation
✍️ Amar Ujala · Jodhpur
🗓 23 Sep 2026, 08:36 PM
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Following the unexplained death of a resident doctor at AIIMS Jodhpur, resident doctors staged a sit‑in outside the OPD, demanding financial compensation and a public apology from the institute’s administration. Police have opened an investigation into the cause of death.
A resident doctor at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Jodhpur died under circumstances that colleagues describe as suspicious. In response, resident doctors gathered outside the institute’s Out‑Patient Department (OPD) and began a sit‑in protest, halting routine outpatient services.
The protesting doctors are pressing the hospital administration for a monetary compensation for the deceased colleague’s family and a formal public apology, stating that the institute must acknowledge the incident and address any lapses that may have contributed to the death.
Local police have taken up the case and are conducting a forensic inquiry to determine the exact cause of the doctor’s death. Authorities have not yet released any preliminary findings, and the investigation is ongoing while the protest continues.
The protesting doctors are pressing the hospital administration for a monetary compensation for the deceased colleague’s family and a formal public apology, stating that the institute must acknowledge the incident and address any lapses that may have contributed to the death.
Local police have taken up the case and are conducting a forensic inquiry to determine the exact cause of the doctor’s death. Authorities have not yet released any preliminary findings, and the investigation is ongoing while the protest continues.