Tripura Health Minister Sudip Roy Burman on Friday surrendered his security detail to protest against the sporadic attacks on doctors and other medical staff in the state’s hospitals. Speaking to , the Health Minister said that while such incidents have been on the rise, there have been no arrests.
 
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“As the head of the Health Department of Tripura, I felt it was my duty to show solidarity to the staff of the department. In recent months, cases of doctors, nurses and paramedical staff being manhandled and harassed are on the rise. I have surrendered my security detail — the pilot and escorts cars and security that travel with me. This gesture is so that the staff knows that the government stands by them. They have been threatening a mass strike in the state which will be catastrophic in Tripura since we already suffer from a paucity of doctors and other medical staff,’’ said Roy Burman.