Kolkata doctor rape-murder: 50 senior doctors of RG Kar hospital resign

Around 50 senior doctors of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday tendered their resignations in a mark of solidarity with medics who have been on fastuntodeath demanding justice for the deceased woman doctor sources in the health facility saidThe decision to resign en masse was taken at a meeting of the heads of the departments of the staterun hospital on Tuesday morning they saidldquoThis has been decided at todayrsquos meeting of the HoDs Around 50 senior doctors of our hospital have signed their resignation letters This is to express our solidarity towards those young doctors who are fighting for a causerdquo a senior doctor told PTISenior doctors at NRS Medical College and Hospital were also mulling to follow the footsteps of their colleagues in the RG Kar hospital he saidThe Joint Platform of Doctors West Bengal pledged solidarity with the junior medics who are demanding justice for the postgraduate trainee doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered at the RG Kar hospital in August and an end to the corruptionridden healthcare systemWhile junior doctors have been on fastuntodeath for the last four days voicing their demands there has been no response from the appropriate authority to solve the issues a statement issued by the platform saidThe doctors platform also voiced concern over the health condition of those who are on the fastuntodeath and said they are fighting for ldquocampus democracy and patientfriendly systemIn this situation we will stand in solidarity the statement saidThe doctors platform also appealed to medics who are in the private sector to take some befitting action according to the statement signed by Dr Punyabrata Gun and Dr Hiralal Konar as joint convenors of the organisationDespite the West Bengal government urging them to return to work seven junior doctors continued their fastuntodeath on Tuesday amid Durga Puja festivitiesAround 15 senior doctors also joined them in solidarity by staging a symbolic hunger strikeThe senior doctors started their hunger strike at 9 am at Dorina Crossing in the Esplanade area of central Kolkata where the medics have been on fastuntodeath since Saturday evening Durga Puja festivities have begun and Tuesday is PanchamiThe agitating junior doctors also planned to bring out a rally from College Square to Esplanade around 430 pm to press for their demands including safety at the workplaceChief Secretary Manoj Pant had on Monday urged the agitating doctors to return to normal duties and hoped that 90 per cent of the ongoing projects taken at all the staterun medical colleges and hospitals across West Bengal would be completed by next monthThe bureaucrat claimed that over 45 per cent of the work for installation of CCTVs was complete and 62 per cent of the renovation and construction jobs were doneThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever