Kolkata Rape-Homicide Case: Bengal Medical doctors Finish Protest, To Resume Duties From Sept 21

RG Kar Rape-Homicide Case: The junior medical doctors in West Bengal referred to as off their 40-day protest towards the rape and homicide of a trainee physician at RG Kar medical school and hospital in Kolkata. Whereas saying the top of their strike, the junior medical doctors stated that they’ll resume their duties on Saturday. It’s pertinent to say that emergency companies can be resumed; nonetheless, OPD companies will stay suspended.

This comes after the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal authorities accepted many of the calls for of the medics. In the meantime, there have been large floods in south Bengal the place well being companies are required on precedence. Talking on the event, Dr. Aqeeb stated that the protesting medics have achieved so much in the course of the agitation, however many issues stay unachieved. He additionally stated that though the protest has been referred to as off, the agitation is just not over. 

“On the 41st day of the protest, West Bengal Junior Medical doctors Entrance needs to say that we achieved so much throughout our agitation, however many issues stay unachieved… We made the Kolkata Commissioner of Police resign and the DME and DHS resign. However this doesn’t suggest the agitation is over. We’ll take it ahead in a brand new approach. Now we have acquired a directive from Nabanna after our assembly with the Chief Secretary yesterday. Within the directive, we’ve been assured that security and safety implementations can be made, but it surely has not been specified when… Risk tradition has claimed the lifetime of ‘Abhaya’… We nonetheless demand that the principal secretary be eliminated and motion be taken on risk tradition… Tomorrow we’re organising a rally from Swasthya Bhawan to the CGO advanced and finish our protest. We’ll hold an in depth watch on the administration after we resume our duties… If we discover something misplaced, we’ll come again stronger. We’re returning to work on Saturday and resume important companies. OPD and OT companies will stay suspended as a result of we wish to be certain that measures are taken to make sure the safety of feminine colleagues. Our agitation will proceed. Justice for Abhaya will at all times be our precedence, and our eyes are on the Supreme Courtroom listening to and on the steps taken by the federal government,” the medic stated.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been visiting the flood-hit areas since yesterday. The final assembly with the medical doctors was attended by the Chief Secretary on Wednesday, throughout which the calls for and ideas pertaining to safety have been accepted. 

Earlier within the day, the Chief Secretary wrote to the Principal Secretary, giving directions to make sure enough availability of on-duty rooms, washrooms, CCTVs, deployment of police and safety personnel, which would come with girls, cell police groups for surveillance at evening, a central helpline, panic buttons, and alarms.

Within the early hours of Wednesday, medical doctors introduced their determination to proceed their protest over the RG Kar rape and homicide case. The medics had declared that they might stick with their sit-in and abstain from duties.

The stance remained agency regardless of the state’s response to their earlier calls for, which included the appointment of Manoj Kumar Verma as the brand new Kolkata Police chief instead of Vineet Goyal and the dismissal of two senior well being division officers.

The medical doctors, following a prolonged common physique assembly that prolonged from the night into the evening, had dubbed these administrative actions as merely a “partial victory” for his or her trigger.