Doctors at AIIMS-Delhi to protest for justice in RG Kar Medical College case

AIIMS doctors to protest at Jantar Mantar over Kolkata RG Kar Medical College case

Doctors at AIIMS-Delhi will stage a protest in the national capital on Saturday afternoon, demanding justice for the rape and murder victim from RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal. Dr. Suvrankar Datta, Vice President of the Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA) and a senior resident doctor at AIIMS-New Delhi, announced that the demonstration will be conducted peacefully.

The doctors are planning to gather at Jantar Mantar for the protest and have appealed to others from the medical community to join them in drawing the government’s attention to their plight and to seek justice for the RG Kar victim.

Dr Suvrankar Datta told the media, “We are organizing a large peaceful protest at Jantar Mantar on August 31 to seek justice for our colleague at RG Kar Medical College in West Bengal.”

Dr Suvrankar Datta said, “We call on the Central government to implement a nationwide protection Act for healthcare professionals to prevent violence.”

Dr Suvrankar Datta said, “Ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on September 5, I urge doctors to join us at Jantar Mantar from 3 P.M. to 5 P.M. on Saturday. We want to demonstrate our unity and demand increased security in hospitals across the country.”

In the wake of repeated physical and sexual assaults on medical professionals, particularly women while on duty, the medical fraternity in the country is demanding that the Union government implement a nationwide protection Act for healthcare professionals to prevent violence against them.

In the weeks after the heinous rape and murder in Kolkata, there were nationwide strikes and protests by doctors across the country and medical facilities were hit.

The striking doctors went back to work following an intervention by the Supreme Court of India on August 22 wherein the apex court asked them to join their duties while also assuring them that it would prevail upon authorities not to take adverse action against the striking doctors, who had been protesting over the Kolkata doctor’s rape and murder case.

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