The nationwide strike called by the medical fraternity will continue, however, the resident doctors of Delhi hospitals including, AIIMS, are provide free OPD services of around 36 specialities outside the Health Ministry.
TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sukhendu Sekhar Ray had raised questions over the conduct of the Kolkata Police Commissioner and demanded his custodial investigation along with the ex-Principal of former Principal of RG Kar Medical College.
Issuing the ban under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (earlier Section 144 of CrPC), Kolkata Executive Magistrate and Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal restricted protests and large gatherings around the hospital where the 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered.
Amid the outrage over rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the Ministry of Home Affairs has ordered state and UT police forces to provide the centre with law and order updates every two hours.
Kolkata doctor-rape murder LIVE UPDATES: The Union Health Ministry said representatives of all stakeholders, including the state governments, will be invited to share their suggestions with the committee as it urged the doctors to resume their duties in the larger public interest.
The Opposition has often targeted the Trinamool Congress government over the 'security of women' in the state in the last 13 years of the Mamata Banerjee government.
AIIMS Patna beefed up security following the rape and murder case in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College in West Bengal, The heinous crime has created unrest in the country with almost the entire medical fraternity going on strike, demanding justice for the victim.
The gruesome rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has sparked a nationwide spontaneous outpour of outrage, leading to resident and junior doctors shunning work across the country.
Kolkata doctor rape-murder: BJP said there is no justification for Mamata Banerjee to continue as chief minister, and she should resign immediately and they also questioned the silence of women MPs of the ruling TMC and INDIA bloc partners.
Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Thousands of women from all walks of life hit the streets across West Bengal, protesting the horrific rape-murder of a doctor on duty at a Kolkata hospital last week. The protests were also marked by violence in some areas.
A recent study reveals a significant gender disparity in the Indian Medical Association (IMA) leadership. Out of 46 IMA associations, only nine are led by women, and the IMA has had just one female president since its 1928 inception.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee said, "The people who vandalised RG Kar Hospital yesterday and created this ruckus are not connected to the student movement of RG Kar Medical College, they are outsiders."
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