<p>Mumbai: Amid the rape-murder of a trainee resident doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital premises in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kolkata">Kolkata</a>, a doctors’ body, Organised Medicine Academic Guild (OMAG) said that the police cannot shed its responsibility. </p><p>“Safety and security of doctors and health care workers is prime, which is often at a toss in public hospitals. Police Department has to take the onus as the volunteer-cum- contractual employees belong to them. It was their duty to do a proper intelligence check of their people…full time in regular service or contractual,” said Dr Ishwar Gilada, the Secretary General of Organised Medicine Academic Guild (<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/omag">OMAG</a>), an umbrella organisation of 15 medical associations of post graduate doctors, representing 2,50,000 doctors in India.</p>.Principal of Kolkata's R G Kar Medical College where trainee doctor was raped and killed, resigns.<p>“Contractual staff is a widespread strategy to save establishment costs. Their police verification is never done, as is a case with regular employees in government establishments,” he said.</p><p>According to Dr Gilada, there is no proper place for doctors to rest. “There is a pathetic state of safety/security in public hospitals. Most places lack CCTV surveillance, and if they are installed, most are out-of-order due to lack of maintenance,” he said. </p><p>Dr Gilada said that there should be training in self defence for doctors and health-care workers. “There should be immediate action after the incident. There should be fast-track trials,” he said.</p>
<p>Mumbai: Amid the rape-murder of a trainee resident doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital premises in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/kolkata">Kolkata</a>, a doctors’ body, Organised Medicine Academic Guild (OMAG) said that the police cannot shed its responsibility. </p><p>“Safety and security of doctors and health care workers is prime, which is often at a toss in public hospitals. Police Department has to take the onus as the volunteer-cum- contractual employees belong to them. It was their duty to do a proper intelligence check of their people…full time in regular service or contractual,” said Dr Ishwar Gilada, the Secretary General of Organised Medicine Academic Guild (<a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/omag">OMAG</a>), an umbrella organisation of 15 medical associations of post graduate doctors, representing 2,50,000 doctors in India.</p>.Principal of Kolkata's R G Kar Medical College where trainee doctor was raped and killed, resigns.<p>“Contractual staff is a widespread strategy to save establishment costs. Their police verification is never done, as is a case with regular employees in government establishments,” he said.</p><p>According to Dr Gilada, there is no proper place for doctors to rest. “There is a pathetic state of safety/security in public hospitals. Most places lack CCTV surveillance, and if they are installed, most are out-of-order due to lack of maintenance,” he said. </p><p>Dr Gilada said that there should be training in self defence for doctors and health-care workers. “There should be immediate action after the incident. There should be fast-track trials,” he said.</p>