- Friday, May 02, 2025
The junior doctors said they would continue with their ‘cease work’ till their demands were fulfilled and the rape and murder victim was given justice
By: Shajil Kumar
AGITATING junior doctors defied the Supreme Court’s directive to join duties by 5 PM on Tuesday, saying they would continue with their ‘cease work’ till their demands were fulfilled and the rape and murder victim of the RG Kar Hospital was given justice.
The top court on Monday directed the protesting resident doctors to resume work by 5 PM on Tuesday and said no adverse action shall be taken against them on resumption of work.
The court passed the direction after the West Bengal government assured it that no action, including punitive transfers, shall be taken against the protesting doctors on resumption of work.
“We will continue with the cease work as our demands are not fulfilled. We had asked the state government to remove the Kolkata Police Commissioner, health secretary, director of health services and the director of medical education by 5 PM. We are open to discussion,” one of the agitating doctors told PTI.
The junior doctors began their ‘cease work’ on August 9, hours after the body of the woman post-graduate trainee was found in the seminar room of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Ghosh in judicial custody
Former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Sandip Ghosh was on Tuesday sent to judicial custody till September 23 by a special CBI court in the financial irregularities case.
The court also sent his security personnel Afsar Ali and two alleged associates, contractors Vendors Biplab Sinha and Suman Hazra, to judicial custody till September 23.
The CBI told the court that it would seek their custody again if required.
Ghosh was arrested by the CBI on charges of financial irregularities on September 2 amid protests over the rape and murder of the doctor at the RG Kar MCH.
On September 3, the court had sent him to eight days in CBI custody.
Notice to 51 doctors
The RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has issued a notice to 51 doctors for promoting a culture of intimidation, endangering the democratic atmosphere of the institution and they have been asked to appear before the inquiry committee on September 11.
They have to prove their innocence before the committee, the notice issued by the hospital authority said.
According to the decision made by the Special Council Committee of the RG Kar Hospital, access to the institution’s campus is restricted for those 51 doctors unless summoned by the inquiry committee.
“Additionally, participation in college activities is prohibited,” the notice signed by the hospital’s principal said.
The list includes senior residents, house staff, interns and professors. (PTI)
