Submit security infra report of med colleges: Lalbazar to DCs
Times of India | 21 September 2024
Kolkata: Even as the state has appointed former DGP Surajit Kar Purkayastha to carry out an audit of physical security measures at all government hospitals and health centres, the first step has already been taken in this direction with joint commissioner Meeraj Khalid asking all divisional DCs to provide report on the security infrastructure requirements at medical colleges in Kolkata.
Sources said the state is formulating the process through which the audit will be carried out at each establishment, the composition of the team being an important aspect of the task. “The overall guidance will come from the Supreme Court’s observations on the security of the medical establishments,” claimed a source.
Joint CP Khalid requested that all DCs must send this report to additional police commissioner-V of Kolkata Police, Ashesh Biswas, by Sept 25 midnight. The next hearing on the R G Kar case in the Supreme Court is likely to be scheduled on Sept 27. The state may submit an affidavit on the progress of work regarding the SC’s ruling on the safety of doctors and health workers.
In the directive sent to the DCs on Thursday, Khalid stated that the report should be based on paragraphs 9, 10, and 11 of the Supreme Court’s Sept 17 observations on the R G Kar incident. It talks about additional restrooms and separate toilets for doctors that should be constructed, and extra CCTV cameras that should be installed within a short stipulated time span.
The DCs must inform Lalbazar about the progress of this work in their report. Furthermore, a paragraph of the ruling instructs that to prevent a recurrence of the R G Kar incident and to stop outsiders from entering doctors’ restrooms in medical college hospitals, a biometric system should be implemented.