The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the parents of the 31-year-old postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor, who was raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, to approach the Sealdah trial court for permission to visit the crime scene.
Banning postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctors from performing surgical and anaesthetic procedures by themselves in the state-run Midnapore Medical College Hospital (MMCH) has triggered controversy among the medical fraternity.
On Tuesday, Sushil Haldar, a resident of Garia, died at SSKM Hospital after he was allegedly denied admissions in three premier state-run teaching hospitals – SSKM Hospital, Medical College Hospital and N R S Medical college Hospital since Monday night.
Soon after the incident at the R G Kar Medical College WBJDF’s leading members like Dr Aniket Mahato, Dr Debashis halder, Dr Kinjal Nanda, Dr Rumelika Kumar and others had brought strong allegations of the ‘threat culture’.
Indian Medical Association (IMA), West Bengal state branch, on Tuesday has threatened to continue its fight for justice for the gruesome rape and murder of the 31-year-old woman postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor inside her workplace, R G Kar Medical College Hospital.
The talks were planned to solve the 34-day impasse arising out of the gruesome rape and murder of the 31-year-old woman doctor at R G Kar hospital.
Despite the Supreme Court directive to the agitating junior doctors to resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday, the protestors said that they would continue their month-long cease-work in state-run medical colleges till their charter of five demands is met by the government.
With the directive of Prof Ghosh, who has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the PWD had started renovation work on 12 August.
Junior doctors this afternoon brought out a huge protest rally from Shyambazar close to the R G Kar Medical College Hospital where the woman PGT doctor was raped and killed.
Agitating junior doctors, including postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctors, house staff, interns and medical students stuck to their stand of continuing with their cease-work as their meeting with the health department officials held at R G Kar Medical College Hospital, on Saturday, remained unsolved.
