Doctors Hold Nationwide Protest Condemning Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder Case

New Delhi: In solidarity with the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, doctors and representatives of various medical organisations have announced protests at various locations in the country.

The Resident Doctors Association, Government Medical College in Amritsar, Punjab has announced suspension of all non-essential and elective hospital services, including Out Patient Departments, Operating Theaters and wards, beginning on August 16 and continuing until further notice.

They has also announced the suspension of all non-essential and elective hospital services today.

Kolkata Police today said it has so far arrested 19 people in connection with the vandalism and violence at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the metropolis.

The emergency ward, nursing station, medicine store and parts of the outpatient department of the hospital were vandalised by miscreants on Thursday amid midnight protests by women across West Bengal.

Here are the Updates on the Doctors strike:

Junior doctors of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati protest against the rape-murder incident at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata (West Bengal).

#WATCH | Assam: Junior doctors of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital in Guwahati protest against the rape-murder incident at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata (West Bengal). pic.twitter.com/kqtjPIRPIT

– ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2024

In the event of any violence against any healthcare worker while on duty, the Head of Institution shall be responsible for filing an Institutional FIR within a maximum of 6 hours of the incident: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Junior doctors and students protest at PGIMER, Chandigarh against the rape and murder of a woman resident doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

#WATCH | Junior doctors and students protest at PGIMER, Chandigarh against the rape and murder of a woman resident doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. pic.twitter.com/OjKpxgSQ6d

– ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2024

Doctors of Government Medical College in J&K’s Udhampur hold protest demanding justice for Kolkata rape and murder victim. The protesting doctors are also demanding security during duty hours.

#WATCH | Doctors of Government Medical College in J&K’s Udhampur hold protest demanding justice for Kolkata rape and murder victim. The protesting doctors are also demanding security during duty hours. pic.twitter.com/NoHXcKrNBh

– ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2024

Calcutta High Court begins hearing the plea on mob attack at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, West Bengal. 

Rape and murder of woman resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital | BJP leader Bharati Ghosh says, “… The West Bengal government is unable to protect the women of the state… They have said nothing about the incident and are unable to arrest the accused. This is why the people have taken to the streets. This is a revolution of the people’s power. Women are coming forward and they are raising their voice of justice and protesting against the darkness and everything that was being perpetrated by the Mamata Banerjee government.”

#WATCH | Rape and murder of woman resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital | BJP leader Bharati Ghosh says, “… The West Bengal government is unable to protect the women of the state… They have said nothing about the incident and are unable to arrest the accused…. pic.twitter.com/LquA9nbLol

– ANI (@ANI) August 16, 2024

Mamata Banerjee’s Sunday Ultimatum To CBI For Death Penalty In Rape-Murder

Amid nationwide uproar over the Kolkata hospital rape-murder, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a rally this evening to demand death penalty for the accused. She has given a Sunday ultimatum to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the central agency that has taken over the probe, to ensure capital punishment for the culprits. Read here

• In solidarity with the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, doctors and representatives of various medical organisations have announced protests at various locations in the country.
• The Resident Doctors Association, Government Medical College in Amritsar, Punjab has announced suspension of all non-essential and elective hospital services, including Out Patient Departments, Operating Theaters and wards, beginning on August 16 and continuing until further notice.
• They has also announced the suspension of all non-essential and elective hospital services today.
• Kolkata Police today said it has so far arrested 19 people in connection with the vandalism and violence at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the metropolis.
• The emergency ward, nursing station, medicine store and parts of the outpatient department of the hospital were vandalised by miscreants on Thursday amid midnight protests by women across West Bengal.