The Hindu·3 min read·medium
Hospitals must not function as an extension of law enforcement: Safdarjung Hospital resident doctors
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Resident doctors at Safdarjung Hospital have petitioned the President of India to protest the conversion of hospital facilities into detention centers for activists. They argue that such actions compromise medical ethics, patient autonomy, and the hospital's ability to function as a neutral healing institution.
Expressing concern about the continued hospitalisation of activist Sonam Wangchuk, who is on an indefinite protest fast, a group of resident doctors at the government-run Safdarjung Hospital appealed for the President’s intervention in the case on Tuesday (July 21, 2026).
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