Condemning Kolkata doctor rape-murder case…
On Friday, 16 August 2024, Doctors and representatives of several medical organizations announced protests at various locations in the country in solidarity with the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
The Resident Doctors Association, Government Medical College in Amritsar, Punjab has suspended all non-essential and elective hospital services, including Outpatient Departments, Operating Theaters, and wards, beginning on August 16 and continuing until the next notice.
They also announced the suspension of all non-essential and elective hospital services.
Kolkata Police said it has so far arrested 19 people in connection with the violence at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the metropolis.
The emergency ward, nursing station, medicine store, and parts of the OPD of the hospital were vandalized by miscreants on Thursday after midnight protests by women across West Bengal.
Amid nationwide protest over the Kolkata hospital rape-murder, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced a rally this evening to demand the death penalty for the accused.
She has given a Sunday ultimatum to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the central agency that has taken over the charge, to ensure capital punishment for the culprits.
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