New Delhi:  Parts of the country are bracing for a strike by doctors today - to be held in solidarity with the doctors in Bengal, who after six days of protest, on Sunday said they were ready for talks with the government. The Mamata Banerjee government has given a 3 pm appointment to the junior doctors of the NRS Medical College, who went on strike after a colleague was assaulted by the relatives of a patient who died. Hospitals from several states have responded to the call of the Indian Medical Association, the top organisation of doctors, for a nationwide strike.