Kolkata, 01 October (Hindustan Reporter). Controversy has once again arisen regarding the postmortem in the case of rape and murder of a female doctor in Kolkata. Junior doctors, while clarifying on this matter, said that their role in the postmortem was limited to just signing, whereas transparency is not their responsibility. This reaction of junior doctors came in response to a document posted on social media by Trinamool Congress, in which doctors were accused of 'double-mindedness' regarding postmortem.
The matter heated up when Trinamool Congress posted a document on social media and claimed that it was junior doctors who had demanded the postmortem. On this, Kinjal Nanda, representative of the West Bengal Junior Doctors Association, told the media, “We do not have the responsibility of transparency of the postmortem, even if our signatures are present on that result.”
Kinjal Nanda clarified that on the morning of August 9, she had received information that a second year PG student had committed suicide in the seminar room of the Chest Department. But as the day passed, it became clear that it was not a suicide but a case of rape and murder. Only after this the postmortem process was started.
Nanda said the postmortem took place under the supervision of experts, in the presence of a magistrate and police officials. We strongly condemn the confusion that is being spread on social media.
Meanwhile, after the attack at Sagar Dutta Medical College, junior doctors have expressed their displeasure and already announced that they will return to full strike from Monday. The doctors said that after the statement given by the state government regarding security arrangements in the Supreme Court, they will take further decision only on the basis of the reaction of the court. After the Supreme Court hearing, junior doctors held a long meeting and decided to go on strike again from Tuesday.
Junior doctors have put forward 10 major demands before the state government, ranging from ensuring safety in hospitals to transparent and speedy action to provide justice to the victim.