Kolkata (West Bengal) [India]: The West Bengal Medical Council on Tuesday requested all the doctors under it to call off their current strike and join the workplace as soon as possible keeping in mind the health of the common people.
Doctors, in different parts of the country, are holding protests over the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
In the letter signed by Sudipto Roy, President of the Council, it said, “We are deeply shocked and saddened by the recent sudden death of a young female doctor at the R.G Kar Medical College and Hospital. The West Bengal Medical Council strongly condemns this incident and demands justice against this heinous incident through immediate arrest and speedy trial of the guilty person.”
“We are happy that the Chief Minister, Government of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee intervened in this matter very swiftly, accepted the demands of all the agitating doctors, and directed the administration to take swift action against the guilty person/persons. The Council has full confidence in the Chief Minister as well as the State Government and believes that the family of our colleague, the deceased young doctor, will get speedy justice,” it added.
The West Bengal Medical Council further mentioned that the indefinite strike called by a section of the medical community across the state is disrupting the medical services of the poor people who are facing the services of government hospitals in the entire state.
“In this situation, the West Bengal Medical Council requests all the doctors under it, keeping in mind the health of the common people, to call off their current strike movement and join the workplace as soon as possible and help restore normalcy in the health sector of the state,” the letter said.
The post-graduate trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9. An investigation has confirmed rape and murder, with the victim’s body showing signs of a struggle. The family has alleged that the victim was raped and murdered.
The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday transferred the investigation into the case to the CBI.