FORDA calls nationwide strike demanding justice in death and rape case of Junior doctor

New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): A meeting was held between all the Delhi RDAs and members of the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) regarding the nationwide strike call and demands for justice for the tragic death of a second-year PG resident at RG Kar Medical College.

During the meeting, they discussed and demanded CBI inquiry, fast track court, removal of the principal of RG Kar Medical College, and the formation of the Central Protection Act Committee, said FORDA in a statement.

The tragic incident, which occurred on August 9, has led to widespread outrage and protests.

Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College, and Maulana Azad Medical College in the national capital will suspend elective services in solidarity.

The tragic incident has ignited a political storm in West Bengal. On August 10, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Abhishek Banerjee proposed introducing an ordinance or bill for expedited rape trials, criticising the politicisation of the issue.

On Saturday, August 10, a group of doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, in Madhya Pradesh, held a candlelight march to protest the death of a female post-graduate trainee (PGT) at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal’s Kolkata.

Similarly, doctors at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi also protested, demanding a CBI inquiry into the incident. Protesters carried posters and chanted slogans such as, “We want a CBI inquiry.”

Meanwhile, in the wake of the rape and murder of a female post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal government has appointed Professor Dr Bulbul Mukhopadhyay as the new Medical Superintendent cum Vice-Principal of the college.

Dr Mukhopadhyay, currently a Professor of Physiology at the college, replaces the former Medical Superintendent cum Vice-Principal, who has been transferred to Kolkata National Medical College as a Professor in Physiology.