Doctors in the national capital gathered at Jantar Mantar Saturday to protest against the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at a Kolkata hospital, asserting that without a central law to protect healthcare workers, female doctors would never feel safe during work.
All medical services including outpatient, electives, ward duties and emergency care will continue to function without disruption from Saturday, the TJUDA on Friday said.
Hundreds of the junior doctors from Osmania Medical College (OMC), Gandhi Medical College, NIMS, Punjagutta and ESIC, Sanathnagar participated in a huge protest rally that was held between 9 am and 12 noon at Necklace Road.
The members of Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA), who are boycotting electives and outpatient duties in government hospitals demanding justice for the trainee doctor in Kolkata, met Health Minister, Damodar Raja Narasimha on Monday and demanded implementation of Special Protection Force (SPF) in all medical colleges.
Healthcare services at the outpatient department and elective surgeries in hospitals were impacted in Telangana following protests over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
The Indian Medical Association Nizamabad chapter on Tuesday held a protest rally against the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital
Despite Banerjee's promise of a transparent investigation, the protesters criticised the delay, demanding a judicial inquiry, capital punishment for the culprits, and adequate compensation for the victim's family.
She was a second-year postgraduate medical student and a house staff member in the chest medicine division. Hospital staff discovered her body around noon on the fourth floor of the emergency building, sparking tension within the premises.
