Demanding justice for the victim and enhanced safety in hospital premises, junior doctors, a section of resident doctors, house staff, interns, and post-graduate trainee doctors at Calcutta Medical College, NRS Medical College, National Medical College, Sagar Dutta Medical College in Kolkata, among others, have started a ‘cease work’ protest. Only emergency and in-house patient departments are functioning in most government-run hospitals.

Meanwhile, junior doctors at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital squatted at the main gate of the hospital and raised slogans, such as ‘No Safety, No Duty’.

“We demand justice for the victim. We want a judicial probe into the incident. We want the administration to ensure safety for all of us. There are no CCTVs where the incident took place. In many places, CCTVs lay defunct. There are no proper on-duty restrooms for us,” said one of the agitating junior doctors who did not wish to be named.

The junior doctors at R G Kar also stated they did not want to politicise the issue and chanted ‘Go Back Slogans’ when INTUC workers started protesting over the woman doctor’s death in front of the hospital.

Another protesting junior doctor said, “We want a proper transparent investigation and the arrest of the culprit within 48 hours. A fast-track court should be set up and the culprit should be awarded the capital punishment.”

He further said, “The college authorities should brief student representatives about the details of the case. CCTVs should be installed in respective departments as per requirement and 24×7 security coverage must be provided… Further, proper security personnel should be deployed in all hostels.”

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