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Kolkata Doctor Murder Case Update: Amid the protests by doctors after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's Government RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Union Home Ministry has taken a big decision. According to the new order of the Home Ministry, now all states will have to submit their law and order report to the Home Ministry every 2 hours.
In view of the increasing crime in the states, the Home Ministry has taken this decision and issued orders to all the states. In a message sent to the state police forces, it has been said that the law and order situation in all the states should be monitored in view of the protests. In its order, the Home Ministry has asked all the states to send the law and order report to the Center every 2 hours through email, fax or WhatsApp.
“Please send the law and order situation report in this regard for two consecutive hours from 4 pm today to the control room of Ministry of Home Affairs by fax/email/Whatsapp,” the message sent on Friday said.
Doctors and other medical staff have been protesting in various parts of the country, affecting healthcare facilities. The protesters are pushing for a central law to prevent violence against healthcare workers, declaring hospitals as safe zones with mandatory security rights, among other demands.
IMA's letter to PM Modi
The rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 has sparked outrage across the country. Doctors are continuously protesting. On Saturday, doctors across the country went on a 24-hour strike on the call of IMA to protest against the Kolkata incident.
After 24 hours of protest, the Indian Medical Association has written a letter to Prime Minister Modi. IMA said that 'the lack of safe places for women is leading to crimes on a large scale. Vandalism takes place due to lack of safety protocols. This crime and vandalism has shaken the conscience of the whole country. Today doctors across the country have provided services only in emergency situations.
IMA made these demands
1) The 2020 amendment to the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897 was drafted and it became a central law. This will strengthen 25 states.
2) The security protocol of all hospitals should be no less than that of an airport. Hospitals should be declared safe zones with mandatory security rights. Hospitals should have CCTVs, deployment of security personnel and follow protocols.
3) The victim was working 36-hour duty shifts, hence there was a need for drastic changes in the working and living conditions of the resident doctors due to lack of rest rooms as well as safe spaces.
4) Any crime must be investigated carefully and professionally within the prescribed time frame and justice must be delivered.
5) The bereaved family should get proper and respectable compensation.
A woman doctor was brutally attacked in the seminar hall of Kolkata's RG Kar Hospital on August 8-9. A 31-year-old post-graduate resident doctor on duty at the government RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was allegedly sexually assaulted on the night of August 8-9. She was found unconscious in the seminar hall. She was rushed to the doctor, but died during treatment. There were several injury marks on her body.
The postmortem report of the case has also come out, which has been handed over to the victim's family by the police. The report talks about the nature of the murder and sexual penetration before it. It was told that the victim was strangled to death. She was raped before this. The accused strangled her twice. She died between 3 and 5 am.
