"To condemn this attack, dentists across the country will keep their clinics shut for three hours between 10 am and 1 pm," leading dentist and founder of Indian Dentistry United, Dr Vivekanand Rege, told reporters here today.
On June 29, a three-year-old girl was declared dead after taking root canal treatment from a paediatric dentist at Kothrud in Pune. Police had booked the dentist under section 304(A) (causing death due to negligence) of the IPC. The doctor was later attacked in this connection.
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