Last Updated on 17/08/2024 by wccexam Desk
After the heinous incident at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has started a program on women’s safety. It has been named Rattirer Sathi. The purpose of this program is to provide a safe environment for women working in night shifts. There will be a separate rest room for women with attached toilet. Women volunteers will be on duty at night. Apart from this, safe areas will be created for women with complete CCTV coverage. Security checks and alcohol tests will be conducted in medical colleges and hospitals.
A special mobile app with alarm will be developed for all working women and it will be linked to the police station. Apart from this, helpline number will be used.
-The government can take many other steps for women’s safety. Police will patrol all medical colleges, hospitals, women’s hostels and other such places at night.
-There will be adequate drinking water facility on all floors of hospitals etc.
-All the employees, security guards etc. working in medical colleges and hospitals will have to wear their identity cards.
-Police officers will be deployed for security in all medical colleges and district hospitals.
-The working hours of women, including female doctors, should not exceed 12 hours at a time.
-Night shifts for women should be avoided as far as possible.
-Security guards in government medical colleges and hospitals, district medical colleges and hospitals should be both male and female.
-A programme to sanitise all government establishments on issues related to women’s safety and private organisations will also have to do the same.
-At least two or more people should work together.
It is worth noting that the whole country is angry over the case of murder of a female trainee doctor after brutality in Kolkata. The victim’s father said that we have full faith in the investigative team. We hope that we will get justice. He said that my daughter is gone, but I feel that thousands of my sons and daughters are on the streets right now. We are with this movement. We want justice, everyone should get the harshest punishment.
The victim’s father said that my daughter was very hardworking, she had worked hard to study medicine. He said that it pains me to keep mentioning the incident that happened with my daughter again and again. He also said that protests are happening on a large scale, we want justice, the person who committed this crime should get the harshest punishment.
Let us tell you that Dr. Sandeep Ghosh, former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, appeared before the CBI for questioning for the second consecutive day. On Friday, the agency took Sandeep Ghosh with them for questioning, which continued till 1.40 pm on Saturday.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)