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CRIMES AGAINST WOMEN

Doctors, medical students across India

continue to protest against Kolkata

doctor rape-murder case

Doctors and medical students of the All-India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Friday

demanded a Central Protection Act for healthcare workers.

OUR BUREAU nist) Dr Shahriar Alam said, “Today
this strike has a huge impact. People
Bengaluru/New Delhi
have spontaneously responded to
octors and medical students our call and throughout Siliguri like
across India continued to the Medical College area, people
Dprotest on Friday to demand have not taken out their vehicles, and
justice for a woman doctor, who was they have not opened the shops. We
allegedly raped and murdered at can say that the impact is very good.
Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College We have called this strike to protest
and Hospital. Junior doctors at Lady against the heinous incident at RG
Hardinge Medical College and Hos- Kar Medical College and Hospital.”
pital and RML Hospital in the na- Amid nationwide protests con-
tional capital staged a protest against demning the rape and murder of a
the rape and murder of a woman res- trainee doctor in Kolkata, doctors
ident doctor in Kolkata. and medical students of the All In-
Doctors raised the slogan of “We dia Institutes of Medical Sciences
want justice” while protesting against (AIIMS) on Friday demanded a
the rape and murder incident. Central Protection Act for health-
care workers.
Dr Akash from RML Hospital ap- AIIMS Delhi doctor Kumar
pealed to the doctors and com- Homeopathy doctors hold placards as they stage a protest demanding justice for the alleged Kartikay said that they will not step
back till they get an assurance that
mon people to reach Nirman sexual assault and murder of a female postgraduate trainee doctor of Kolkata RG Kar Medical action will be taken in the matter.
Bhawan in large numbers to College, in Lucknow on Wednesday (ANI) “We want to peacefully put for-
peacefully put forward their is- ward our demands. We demand a
sues in front of the government will be taken,” he said. (SCTIMST), Regional Cancer Cen- Central Protection Act for health-
care workers. Until we get a writ-
tre (RCC), Dental PG Association,
Meanwhile, the Resident Doc-
and seek justice for the alleged tors Association, Government Med- House Surgeons Association and ten assurance, we will continue our
rape and murder victim in Kolkata. ical College in Amritsar, Punjab has Students unions of various medi- strike... We are expecting around
announced the suspension of all cal colleges has called for a 24-hour 3000-5000 people at Nirman Bha-
“I appeal to all doctors and com- non-essential and elective hospital strike in Kerala. wan today from all the medical col-
mon people to reach Nirman Bha- services, including Out Patient De- All Undergraduate and Post- leges in Delhi... We will not step back
wan in large numbers so that we can partments, Operating Theaters and graduate medical, dental and para- or sit quietly till we get an assurance
peacefully put forward our issues in wards, beginning on August 16 and medical students have been carrying that action will be taken,” he said.
front of the government and seek continuing until further notice. out silent protests inside the Nair Junior doctors and medical
justice for our colleague from Ben- They also announced the sus- Hospital premises demanding safe students at AIIMS Mangalagiri,
gal who lost her life to this barbaric pension of all non-essential and elec- and secure environments in govern- Andhra Pradesh also staged a pro-
and gruesome act. We also want to tive hospital services on Friday. ment medical colleges and hospitals. test and performed a street play to
tell our friends protesting in Bengal Doctors have been staging pro- Outpatient Department services protest against the rape and murder
that they are not alone in this fight, tests outside Guru Nanak Dev Hos- have been shut down. of a woman resident doctor at Kol-
all doctors across the country stand pital in Amritsar. Doctors of the Mahatma Gand- kata’s RG Kar Medical College and
in solidarity with them... We demand The Kerala Medical Postgrad- hi Memorial Government Hospital Hospital.
a Central Protection Act from the uates Association (KMPGA) along in Tamil Nadu’s Trichy have been Senior Resident Doctor at
government. Our protest will contin- with resident doctors associations protesting wearing black badges as a AIIMS Mangalagiri, Dr Sreeja re-
ue till we do not get assurance from of Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for mark of protest. quested the CBI to conduct a trans-
the government that concrete steps Medical Sciences and Technology A member of SUCI (Commu- parent investigation.

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