The Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA) has called for a nationwide protest and shutdown of OPDs and elective services from Tuesday, August 13. The protest follows the sexual assault and murder of a female postgraduate trainee (PGT) doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
FAIMA posted on X, ‘We stand with the doctors protesting across India! We call upon doctors across the country to join this protest from today! We want justice!’
Meanwhile, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written a letter to Union Health Minister JP Nadda urging him to take immediate action in connection with the incident of brutality with the female doctor. IMA has demanded a fair and thorough investigation of the case to ensure that the culprits are brought to justice. Also, the association has demanded a detailed investigation into the circumstances that led to such a crime.
IMA stressed the need for urgent reforms and requested that steps be taken to enhance the safety of doctors, especially women, at the workplace.
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What has happened so far in this matter?
Kolkata continues to be in turmoil after the body of a female doctor was found in the seminar hall of the hospital on Friday. A 31-year-old postgraduate trainee doctor on duty at the government-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was allegedly sexually assaulted and murdered on Thursday night. Officials recovered the half-naked body of the second-year student from the seminar hall of the Chest Medicine department, which bore multiple injury marks.
Amidst growing public anger, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that if the police do not solve the matter by Sunday, she will hand over the case to the CBI.
On the other hand, the protesting students criticised the Chief Minister for setting a seven-day deadline to resolve the matter and stressed that immediate action was needed. They demanded a judicial inquiry, death penalty for the culprits, adequate compensation to the victim’s family and tight security in hospitals.
Three PILs have been filed in the Kolkata High Court demanding that the investigation be handed over to the CBI. A division bench headed by Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam will hear these PILs on Tuesday.
What is in the postmortem report?
This report talks about the murder, the nature of the death and sexual penetration. It says that the victim was strangled to death. She was raped before that. The accused strangled her twice. She died between 3 and 5 in the morning.
The accused was addicted to watching pornographic movies after drinking alcohol
The accused is also in custody, while police sources say that the accused criminal Sanjay Roy was addicted to watching pornographic films while drinking alcohol. He had come inside the hospital several times on the night of the incident. Many sensational things have come to light on the basis of interrogation of the accused, circumstantial evidence and CCTV footage. Through police interrogation and CCTV footage, the timeline of this entire case has come to light, along with what conclusion the investigation has reached so far.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)