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The deployment comes after a clear instruction from the Supreme Court. The apex court on Tuesday had ordered any Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) to be stationed in the hospital where the rape and murder of a woman junior doctor took place earlier this month. The CISF Deputy Inspector General K. Pratap, accompanied by his subordinate officers, reached RG Kar in the morning. Sources said that he had arrived to discuss with the hospital authorities regarding the CISF personnel deployment.
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The Telangana Junior Doctors Association (TJUDA) is using creative protests to raise awareness. On Wednesday, the doctors rode the Hyderabad Metro to engage with commuters, highlighting the need for improved security in government hospitals and justice for the trainee doctor in Kolkata.
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Terming the case at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital as horrific, the apex court came down heavily on the government over delay in filing FIR in matter
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We will continue this stir until we get justice for our sister, says an agitating doctor at the RG Kar MCH
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According to police officials, summonses were issued to 57 others too for spreading wrong information about the incident
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This comes after Ghosh's name came up in the case of ghastly rape and murder of a woman doctor at the same hospital on August 9
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Asks State Police forces to monitor law and order situation in view of the protests across the country
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IDA stands in solidarity with IMA, supporting justice and advocating for healthcare worker safety.
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The event will begin at 5 am near ITC Kohenur, with participants encouraged to wear black and bring their own placards as symbols of protest.
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Emergency and casualty services at government and private healthcare facilities continue to operate as usual. However, with several associations led by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) Headquarters opting to withdraw OP services and elective duties, the nationwide boycott of medical services in hospitals is now in full effect.
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Non-essential healthcare services at SSKM Hospital, Sambhunath Pandit Hospital, and Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital, among others, crippled because of agitation
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Major corporate hospitals including Apollo Hospitals, Yashoda Hospitals, Basavatarakam Indo American Cancer Hospital and state-run NIMS have announced suspension of their outpatient and elective services for 24 hours from 6 am on Saturday.
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Following a call by the IMA national body, the services would be withdrawn for 24-hours.
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Say they were deeply anguished by recent violent incidents at RG Kar Medical College and subsequent mob attack on protesting students
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Questions counsel of State government on whether the administration considered the necessity for imposing Section 144 in the area
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Emergency and casualty services continued as usual, but elective surgeries at Gandhi Hospital, Osmania General Hospital (OGH), and Nizam’s Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) were postponed due to the boycott.
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Aly Goni posted a video of the parents on Instagram, captioning it: “This breaks my heart. I couldn’t sleep last night thinking about what her parents are enduring and what she must have gone through—crying, shouting, and feeling utterly helpless.”
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The attack occurred just minutes after midnight on Wednesday, when a large group, led by women, took to the streets of Kolkata in response to the call “Meyera, Rat Dakhal Karo (girls, reclaim the night)." They were demanding justice for the junior doctor from the same hospital who had been raped and murdered the previous week.
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Says the authorities, who by their negligence had allowed such a heinous crime to happen, have once again failed to maintain law and order when CBI probe is going on
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Complement cops present at the time of ransacking at the hospital in trying to prevent situation from worsening despite being outnumbered