Kolkata Police has arrested 19 individuals thus far in reference to the vandalism of the RG Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital early Thursday night time. A metropolis court docket has remanded the custody of the held people until August 22.
Miscreants entered the medical institution and vandalised the emergency ward, nursing station, medication retailer, and components of the outpatient division. The incident befell as ladies throughout West Bengal have been protesting the alleged rape and homicide of a post-graduate trainee physician contained in the hospital premises.
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The injury brought on by the assailants led to accidents amongst a number of individuals, together with some law enforcement officials. In the meantime, the strike by junior docs at authorities healthcare services, protesting the rape and homicide continued Friday.
The protesting docs are demanding extreme punishment for the perpetrators and improved safety at their office.
Opposition events within the state have slammed the police for failing to take ample motion in the course of the vandalism and violence on the state-run R G Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital.
On Thursday night, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee reported that two flooring of the emergency ward on the hospital had been destroyed, with medicines looted and infrastructure and gear considerably broken.
