Indian doctors demand tougher laws after colleague raped and killed at hospital

Doctors and paramedics protesting against the rape and killing of a trainee doctor (Manish Swarup/AP)

Hundreds of doctors have protested near India’s health ministry as they demanded stringent laws to protect healthcare workers from violence and sought justice for their colleague who was raped and killed at a state-run hospital.

The protesting doctors — who were holding up placards like “Justice delayed is justice denied” — were stopped by the police as they tried to set up free outpatient services to patients outside the health ministry in New Delhi, part of demonstrations and rallies held for more than a week.