West Bengal: Junior doctors threaten to resume protests after attack on medics
On Friday, relatives of a woman admitted to the Sagore Dutta Hospital in North 24 Parganas allegedly assaulted on-duty doctors after she died.
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The junior doctors who were protesting against the rape and murder of their colleague in West Bengal have threatened to resume their demonstration after a mob allegedly attacked medics at a state-run hospital, reported The Times of India on Sunday.
On Friday, relatives of a woman admitted to the College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital in North 24 Parganas allegedly assaulted on-duty doctors and hospital staff after she died, according to The Hindu.
“They threw utensils at us, they dragged doctors by their hands, and manhandled female staff,” a junior doctor at the Sagore Dutta Hospital was quoted as having said. “Women doctors had to flee and lock themselves in a room to escape.”
The doctors also alleged that the police arrived half an hour after they were called despite the outpost being on the hospital premises.
This comes nearly two months after a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.
For more than a month, the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front held cease-work protests demanding the resignation of several senior officials and an end to the “threat culture” in West Bengal’s medical centres. On September 21, they partially withdrew their strike to resume duties in essential and emergency services after several rounds...
