Junior doctors on Tuesday called for The reclaim the Night march in Kolkata on 8 August in protest against the brutal rape and murder of their woman post graduate trainee (PGT) colleague at her workplace R G Medical College on 9 August, last year.
Junior doctors, under the banner of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front (WBJDF) on Wednesday threatened to intensify their movement across the state again after a prolonged silence of more than one month.
The National Medical Commission (NMC), sole body monitoring medical education in the country, has threatened to take penal action against around 198 medical colleges across states and Union territories (UTs), including nine from Bengal for non-submission of details in connection with stipend paid to junior doctors like interns
West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front (WBJDF), the umbrella body of the junior doctors of the state spearheading the movement over the rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata
Almost ninety days have elapsed since 9 August rape-murder of a woman postgraduate trainee doctor happened inside her workplace at R G Kar Medical College Hospital but no justice has been done so far, said protesters.
As the hunger strike by two junior doctors from North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMC&H) enters its 10th day, with both now in the ICU, two senior doctors from the Federation of Medical Associations (FEMA) joined the protest today, observing a 12-hour token hunger strike.
The fast-unto-death agitation by junior doctors over the rape and murder of a junior doctor at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital entered the 10th day on Monday.
Anustup, a post-graduate trainee posted with Calcutta Medical College and Hospital, was the first among the six junior doctors from different medical colleges and hospitals in West Bengal, who initiated the hunger strike on the evening of October 5.
One of the seven junior doctors who are sitting on a fast-unto-death demonstration here at Esplanade against the ghastly rape and murder of a fellow medic of R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital, was hospitalised around Thursday midnight after his medical conditions deteriorated drastically.
At a time when the country’s political landscape has left successive generations disillusioned, eroding faith in the principles of fairness and justice, the "Never-Seen-Before Youthquake" in Kolkata stands as a beacon of hope.
