Kolkata: Protesting junior doctors in West Bengal defied a <keyword id="19895345" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="supreme-court" source="keywords">Supreme Court</keyword> order, asking them to resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday, and said they would continue with their protest till their demands were fulfilled and the rape and murder victim of the <keyword id="22743761" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="rg-kar" source="keywords">RG Kar</keyword> Hospital was given justice. As the medicos continued to protest for the 32nd day on Tuesday, demanding the removal of the <keyword id="20076432" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="kolkata-police" source="keywords">Kolkata police</keyword> commissioner and several top <keyword id="20050159" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="state-health-department" source="keywords">state health department</keyword> officials, the state government said Chief Minister <keyword id="19909056" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="mamata-banerjee" source="keywords">Mamata Banerjee</keyword> has written to the protesters, inviting them for a meeting at the secretariat to resolve the impasse over the incident. However, the protesting doctors said the mail for the meeting was from the state health secretary, whose resignation they were seeking, and termed it as "insulting". They also said that restricting the number of representatives to attend the meeting to 10 was "humiliating". The top court on Monday directed the protesting resident doctors to resume work by 5 PM on Tuesday, observing that if "there is continued abstention from work, there may be a likelihood of adverse action". Meanwhile, the RG Kar hospital authorities issued notices to 51 doctors, including to senior residents and professors, accusing them of fostering intimidation and disrupting the institution's democratic atmosphere, and summoned them to an inquiry committee on September 11. Asserting that their demands were not met, the protesting doctors defied the apex court's order and said they would continue with their 'cease work' till their demands were fulfilled and the rape and murder victim of the RG Kar Hospital was given justice. "We had asked the state government to remove the Kolkata police commissioner, health secretary, director of health services, and the director of medical education by 5 pm (Tuesday). We are open to discussion," one of the protesting doctors said. The junior doctors began their strike on August 9, hours after the body of the female trainee was found in the seminar room of the hospital. Since then, the protest has escalated, leading to disruptions in healthcare services at state-run hospitals across West Bengal. The state government claimed in the Supreme Court that the strike has resulted in the deaths of 23 patients and has severely impacted the healthcare delivery mechanism. During the day, the protesting doctors marched to 'Swasthya Bhavan' - the headquarters of the health department in Salt Lake - and staged a sit-in outside the office building to press for their demand. The protesters carried brooms and a model human brain while marching towards 'Swasthya Bhavan' in a symbolic bid to "clean up" the state health sector and make the top brass "think" about the plight of the doctors. Taking exception to the "language of the email", the agitating junior medics rejected the CM's invitation for talks at the state secretariat to resolve the impasse over the RG Kar hospital issue. "The language of the communication is not only disrespectful to us doctors, it's downright insensitive. We find no reason to reply to this mail," Dr Debasish Halder, a leader of the protesting doctors who organised a sit-in before the state health department headquarters at 'Swasthya Bhavan' in Salt Lake, said. "Our protests and our 'cease work' will continue," he asserted, indicating yet another night-long sit-in before the state health headquarters. Addressing the media shortly after 7.30 pm from 'Nabanna', Bengal's Minister of State for Health, Chandrima Bhattacharya, claimed that the chief minister had taken a "positive approach" by extending her olive branch to the agitating medics. "The email was sent to the official ID of the Junior Doctors' Front at around 6.10 pm. The chief minister was waiting for the doctors' delegation to come for the meeting. She left her office at 7.30 pm since there was no response from the protesters," Bhattacharya said. In a late evening development, the North Bengal Medical College in Siliguri issued a notification, expelling five third-year MBBS students for allegedly threatening officials and other students. "They are also required to vacate the hostel and leave the medical college premises," it said. Also on Tuesday, Sandip Ghosh, the former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, was sent to judicial custody till September 23 by a special CBI court in connection with a financial irregularities case. His security personnel Afsar Ali, medical equipment vendor Biplab Singha, and pharmacy shop owner Suman Hazara, were also remanded to judicial custody until September 23. The accused were previously in CBI custody for eight days, but the investigators did not seek an extension of their remand. "The CBI has already secured large amounts of digital evidence on the alleged crime. We need time to analyse that evidence. We do not need the accused in police custody immediately, but we may seek their custody again later if required," the agency's counsel stated in court. Chaotic scenes unfolded at the Alipore Court premises when Ghosh and the others were produced before the judge. Women lawyers shouted slogans against Ghosh and attempted to block the courtroom exit. They also demanded that the accused "be hanged" for their alleged involvement in abetting the rape and murder of the trainee doctor. The police sought the help of the central paramilitary forces to control the situation.

RG Kar incident: Agitating junior docs defy SC order to rejoin work, reject Mamata's offer for talks

<keyword id="19896626" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Kolkata" source="keywords">Kolkata</keyword>: The <keyword id="22767509" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="ceasework" source="keywords">ceasework</keyword> by <keyword id="20039173" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="junior-doctors" source="keywords">junior doctors</keyword> at state-run hospitals in West Bengal continued on Wednesday to <keyword id="19895811" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="protest" source="keywords">protest</keyword> against the alleged rape and murder of a trainee medic at <keyword id="22743814" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="RG-Kar-hospital" source="keywords">RG Kar hospital</keyword> here last month. Health services remained crippled at most state-run medical facilities due to the ceasework, which has been underway for over three weeks now. "Our demand for justice is still unfulfilled. The protests will continue till our sister gets justice and the culprits are brought to book," one of the junior medics said. He said Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal has not resigned, too, which was another demand of the agitating doctors. The protesters have alleged inadequate steps by the police during its probe into the August 9 rape-murder of the young doctor, before the investigation was handed over to the CBI by the Calcutta High Court. The body of an on-duty postgraduate trainee was found in the seminar room of state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the city. The incident has triggered nationwide outrage. "We believe that many people are being shielded in the case and the truth must come out," another junior doctor at a state-run hospital told PTI. A civic volunteer was arrested shortly after the trainee doctor's body was discovered. The CBI has also arrested former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, for alleged financial misconduct at the medical establishment.

Junior doctors in Bengal continue ceasework in protest against Kolkata doctor's rape-murder case

A team of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) reached the <keyword id="22741918" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="RG-Kar-Medical-College" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="RG Kar Medical College" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="RG Kar Medical College">RG Kar Medical College</keyword> and Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday where the trainee doctor was raped and murdered. This comes after <keyword id="19895345" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Supreme Court" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Supreme Court">Supreme Court</keyword> constituted a <keyword id="19941736" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Task-Force" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="National Task Force" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="National Task Force">National Task Force</keyword> to make recommendations on the prevention of violence and safe working conditions for <keyword id="20551393" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="medical-professionals" source="keywords">medical professionals</keyword>. <keyword id="22861299" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Deputy-Inspector-General" source="keywords">Deputy Inspector General</keyword> (DIG) CISF K Pratap Singh said that they have come there for some assignments. "Let us do our job. We have come here for some assignments. I am doing my job, which has been mandated by the higher authorities," he said. The Supreme Court on Tuesday constituted a 10-member National Task Force to make recommendations on the prevention of violence and safe working conditions for medical professionals. The task force includes Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, among others. Days after the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata sparked nationwide protests, the apex court suo motu took up the case and directed the task force to submit an interim report within three weeks and a final report within two months. The court said the Task Force would also prepare an action plan to prevent <keyword id="20114993" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="gender-based-violence" source="keywords">gender-based violence</keyword> and ensure a dignified working space for interns, residents, and non-resident doctors. The top court also asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a status report on the status of the investigation in the rape case. The court asked the West Bengal government to file a status report on the mob attack incident in the RG Kar hospital on August 15. On August 9, a postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered while on duty at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, sparking nationwide strikes and protests by the medical community. On August 14, the protest site and the hospital campus at RG Kar were vandalized by a mob, prompting security personnel to disperse the crowd.

Kolkata rape-murder case: CISF team arrives at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital

Federation of All India Medical Association (<keyword id="12501691" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="FAIMA" source="Orion">FAIMA</keyword>) has decided to continue its <keyword id="22779966" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nationwide-Shutdown" source="keywords">nationwide shutdown</keyword> of <keyword id="487673" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="OPD-services" source="Orion">OPD services</keyword> after having a discussion with <keyword id="19973231" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Resident-Doctors" source="keywords">Resident Doctors</keyword>' Association in solidarity with the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, on August 9. On X, <keyword id="22779969" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="FAIMA-Doctors" source="keywords">FAIMA Doctors</keyword> Association announced, "We had a meeting with all the associated RDAs Pan India. Matter is not solved yet. @AmitShahOffice ji @JPNadda ji our demand is Central protection for HCW. Strike to be continued tomorrow. We are standing with you all, our dear Residents." Apart from that, the resident doctors at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) also decided to continue the ongoing strike until all the demands put forth by the association are fully met and provided in writing. The decision was announced by BMC (MARD) to condemn the brutal rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor. The statement released by BMC MARD said, "We the office bearers of BMC MARD convened a meeting, and have decided that the ongoing strike will continue until all the demands put forth by the association are fully met and provided in writing. The decision to persist with the strike is firm, and no actions will be taken to end it until our demands are addressed satisfactorily." The incident that took place on August 9, has sparked widespread outrage and led to protests within and beyond the medical community. Meanwhile, on Tuesday, doctors of Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital (ANMMC), the largest government hospital in South Bihar, held a protest following the incident. The doctors also sat on strike in front of the ANMMC hospital's superintendent with a placard in their hands. Visuals emerged where the doctors were seen holding placards in their hands and demanded justice. Similarly, Resident doctors of the Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) staged a protest on Tuesday against the incident. Speaking to ANI, Dr Himanshu of the psychiatric department said that the doctors have put forward only three demands. He further added that all OPDs in the hospitals were closed during the protest, however, emergency services were open for the patients. "We have only three demands. The culprit should be immediately punished. There should be a central Act for all the residents' doctors and their protection inside the hospital," he said.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: FAIMA to continue its nationwide shutdown of OPD services

<keyword id="19896016" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="New-Delhi" source="keywords">New Delhi</keyword>: The <keyword id="19895345" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="Supreme-Court" source="keywords">Supreme Court</keyword>, while commencing its hearing on the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case on Thursday, said that health professionals must return to work and that once they resume their duties, the court will prevail upon authorities to not take adverse action against them. "Let the health professionals return to work and once they return to duties the court will prevail upon authorities to not take adverse action. How would the public health infrastructure function if doctors did not return to work," the court said. The SC resumed its hearing into the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal's Kolkata on Thursday. Chief Justice of India (CJ) DY Chandrachud also shared a personal story and said that he had once slept on the floor of a public hospital while one of his relatives was admitted and unwell. Earlier, the apex court constituted a 10-member National Task Force to make recommendations on the prevention of violence and safe working conditions for medical professionals. The task force includes Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, among others. The development comes days after the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata sparked nationwide protests, the apex court suo motu took up the case and directed the task force to submit an interim report within three weeks and a final report within two months. The top court also asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a status report on the status of the investigation in the rape case. Also, the court asked the West Bengal government to file a status report on the mob attack incident that took place at the RG Kar hospital on August 15. Meanwhile, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi on Wednesday requested <keyword id="19973231" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="resident-doctors" source="keywords">resident doctors</keyword> of the institute to resume their duties immediately so that <keyword id="20553995" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="patient-care" source="keywords">patient care</keyword> services are normalized. According to a release from the Office of the Director, <keyword id="19914075" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="AIIMS" source="keywords">AIIMS</keyword>, "The undersigned along with the entire AIIMS family stands behind the cause of the safety of all <keyword id="20660358" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="healthcare-professionals" source="keywords">healthcare professionals</keyword> at AIIMS New Delhi &amp; across the Country. However, as doctors, our supreme duty is also to ensure that the patients visiting our portals do not go unattended."

Let health professionals return to work: SC on Kolkata doctor rape-murder case

<keyword id="20000183" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="doctors" source="keywords">Doctors</keyword> at All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), Bathinda continued to <keyword id="19895811" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="protest" source="keywords">protest</keyword> on Friday to demand justice for a woman doctor, who was allegedly raped and murdered at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. OPD remained closed in the morning on Friday at AIIMS, Bathinda. "We kept OPD services closed in the morning. We will keep <keyword id="22807798" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="OPD-closed" source="keywords">OPD closed</keyword> tomorrow as well. We are getting support from the higher authorities. This is going to be a long fight. There is an attempt to demolish all the evidence at the crime site. A group of goons attacked the people carrying out the peaceful protest there," said Dr Jyotkamal at <keyword id="22807797" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="AIIMS-Bathinda" source="keywords">AIIMS Bathinda</keyword>. Another doctor, Dr Amreen called it a "heinous crime". Adding to that she said, "Everyone's heart is shaken to the core. If we can't feel secure at our workplace, where is safety then? Doctors sacrifice their entire lives and study so hard. All the senior doctors are with us. We are also holding a peaceful march in the evening today. OPD will stay closed the entire day tomorrow." Meanwhile, <keyword id="20551393" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="medical-professionals" source="keywords">medical professionals</keyword> are conducting <keyword id="20623817" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="nationwide-protests" source="keywords">nationwide protests</keyword>. As AIIMS, Delhi also continues to protest, Operation Theatre Services has been reduced by 85 per cent while the admission in the institute has been reduced by 65 per cent. According to an official status from AIIMS, it said that Emergency services and Intensive Care Units (ICUs) are functioning as normal with all residents attending to their duties. OPD has been reduced by 55 per cent, Laboratory services by 20 per cent, Radiological investigations reduced by 40 per cent and Nuclear medicine by 20 per cent As per the official status, Blood banks are functioning normally. Doctors and medical students held a protest at AIIMS Delhi on Tuesday after the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) called for a nationwide shutdown of OPD services from Tuesday in solidarity against the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, on August 9. Earlier today, teams from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) arrived at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata to investigate the rape and murder of a female trainee doctor. Following the Calcutta High Court order, CBI has taken over the case and has sent specialised medical and forensic teams from Delhi.

AIIMS Bathinda continues to protest against Kolkata doctor rape-murder case

Kolkata: <keyword id="20313855" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="healthcare-services" source="keywords">Healthcare services</keyword> remained affected at state-run hospitals in West <keyword id="19925147" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bengal" source="keywords">Bengal</keyword> on Thursday, as junior <keyword id="20000183" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="doctors" source="keywords">doctors</keyword> continued their ceasework for the 14th consecutive day to protest against the alleged rape and murder of a <keyword id="22761988" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="postgraduate-trainee" source="keywords">postgraduate trainee</keyword> at the <keyword id="22733231" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="RG-Kar-Medical-College-and-Hospital" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="RG Kar Medical College and Hospital" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="RG Kar Medical College and Hospital">RG Kar Medical College and Hospital</keyword> (RGKMCH). The agitating doctors continued their stir even though the state government transferred three officials of the RGKMCH and cancelled the posting of the Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh to the Calcutta Medical College and Hospital (CNMC). "Our agitation will continue as only part of our demands have been met. We have the main demand for the justice of our sister yet to be fulfilled. We will wait and see today's development at the Supreme Court and decide after that," one of the agitating doctors told PTI. The <keyword id="19900833" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Central-Bureau-of-Investigation" source="keywords" meta.keywordsubtype="org" meta.entityname="Central Bureau of Investigation" meta.hostid="261" meta.entityid="Central Bureau of Investigation">Central Bureau of Investigation</keyword> (CBI), which took over the investigation into the alleged rape and murder of the woman doctor at RGKMCH, will be submitting its status report on the probe to the Supreme Court. The West Bengal government on Wednesday night removed three senior officials of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, bowing to the demand of junior doctors who have been protesting against the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor in the state-run health facility. As per their demand, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal doctor Sandip Ghosh, who was shifted to Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital as its principal, was also removed from that position, Health Secretary NS Nigam said. Three senior officials of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) were transferred to various state-run health facilities, he said. "We will hold a meeting after seeing the development today at the Supreme Court and then decide on the ceasework issue," one of the agitating doctors said.. Police recovered the body of a woman postgraduate trainee doctor lying inside a seminar hall of the RGKMCH on August 9 morning. A civic volunteer was arrested the next day for his alleged involvement in the crime.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Healthcare services affected in Bengal as doctors continue stir

After <keyword id="19895345" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Supreme-Court" source="keywords">Supreme Court</keyword>'s appeal, health professionals at All India Institutes of Medical Sciences, Delhi called off their 11-day-long strike and are back on their duties as of Thursday. In a statement, the <keyword id="19973231" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="resident-doctors" source="keywords">Resident Doctors</keyword> Association made the announcement and said, "In the interest of the nation and in the spirit of public service, the RDA, <keyword id="19914075" type="General" weightage="100" keywordseo="AIIMS" source="keywords">AIIMS</keyword>, <keyword id="19896016" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="New-Delhi" source="keywords">New Delhi</keyword>, has decided to call off 11-day strike. This decision comes in response to the appeal and direction of the Supreme Court. We extend our sincere appreciation to the Supreme Court for taking cognizance of the RG Kar Medical College incident and addressing the broader issue of safety and security for healthcare workers across the country." Earlier, the Supreme Court, while commencing its hearing on the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, said that health professionals must return to work and that once they resume their duties, the court will prevail upon authorities to not take adverse action against them. "Let the health professionals return to work and once they return to duties, the court will prevail upon authorities to not take adverse action. How would the public health infrastructure function if doctors did not return to work," the court said. The SC resumed its hearing into the alleged rape and murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal's Kolkata on Thursday. Chief Justice of India (CJ) DY Chandrachud also shared a personal story and said that he had once slept on the floor of a public hospital, while one of his relatives was admitted and unwell. The apex court constituted a 10-member <keyword id="19941736" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="National-Task-Force" source="keywords">National Task Force</keyword> to make recommendations on the prevention of violence and safe working conditions for medical professionals. The task force includes Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, among others. The development comes days after the rape and murder of a junior doctor in Kolkata sparked nationwide protests, the apex court suo motu took up the case and directed the task force to submit an interim report within three weeks and a final report within two months. The top court also asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a status report on the status of the investigation in the rape case. Also, the court asked the West Bengal government to file a status report on the mob attack incident that took place at the RG Kar hospital on August 15.

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