Delhi: RML Hospital doctors protest over death of woman trainee doctor in Bengal

New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): Doctors at the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi held a protest on Saturday in support of the female post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor who was found dead inside the seminar hall of the government-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal.

The protesting doctors were seen carrying posters and were heard sloganeering, “We want a CBI inquiry.”

DR Gautam, a protesting doctor at the site, said that it is important that such incidents no longer happen in the country.

“Women are not safe even inside the campus where we talk about women’s empowerment across the country. To ensure that such incidents do not occur in the future, the government should think about it. Whoever is guilty should be caught quickly. The provisional postmortem report also stated that she was sexually assaulted and that it was a murder,” he told ANI.

Another female protestor said that almost 48 hours have passed and nothing has happened.

“As a female doctor, my only question is who will be next?” she said.

Dr Ritik Ghosh, another protestor said these incidents have occurred multiple times in West Bengal, and they are not satisfied with the assurances given by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

“This is not the first incident in West Bengal and all over India. These kinds of assurances have been given to us a lot of times by the Bengal CM also. We are not satisfied with any of them. In the last 3-4 years, heinous crimes have been committed against doctors for which there has been no punishment adequately dealt out for culprits. It is a matter of shame for the Bengal government and the entire India,” he said.

Congress workers also held a rally demanding justice in Kolkata on Saturday.

Earlier on Friday evening, a group of students organized a candlelight march in the city following the discovery of the postgraduate trainee doctor’s body.

The death of the second-year medical student at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Friday morning has sparked a political storm in West Bengal.

BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul has also demanded a CBI investigation and a re-postmortem from a central government hospital.

Leader of the Opposition in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, Suvendu Adhikari, has also demanded a CBI inquiry into the incident.

Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar and West Bengal BJP MLA Agnimitra Paul visited the residence of the female post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor.

He attacked the TMC government over the law and order situation in West Bengal and termed the incident “shameful and horrific.”

Sukanta Majumdar said, “A very shameful and horrific incident has happened. This is a repeat of the Nirbhaya case in Delhi. The kind of incident we are seeing shows that law and order is not good in West Bengal. It is not at all safe for the women. The government should take responsibility for the same. The CBI should investigate it.”