Kolkata Rape-Murder Case Highlights | Junior doctors call off their protest on humanitarian grounds owing to Bengal floods

Bengal govt issues directives on security for healthcare professionals

The West Bengal government on Thursday issued a list of directives for ensuring safety, security and a conducive environment for healthcare professionals, saying those orders need to be implemented immediately.

The directives came a day after the government held a meeting with agitating junior doctors over the same issues.

Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, in a two-page communication to Principal Secretary (Health) NS Nigam, issued 10 directives including the need for "adequate availability of on-duty rooms, washrooms, CCTVs, drinking water facilities in the healthcare facilities".

RG Kar impasse: Junior docs to end sit-in, partially lift 'cease work' agitation

Ending the logjam persisting for the last 41 days, agitating junior doctors announced the withdrawal of their sit-in before Swasthya Bhawan on Friday and partial resumption of duties entailing the attending essential services in state-run hospitals from Saturday.

The medics also announced setting up of Abhaya medical camps, in memory of the brutally murdered RG Kar trainee doctor, at flood-affected regions of the state from Friday.

To mark the withdrawal of their 10-day dharna before Swasthya Bhawan, the stirring doctors gave a call to march to the CBI office at the CGO Complex in Salt Lake at 3 pm on Friday seeking justice for the RG Kar victim and a quick wrap up of investigations.

CBI interrogates TMC youth leader in RG Kar hospital case

The CBI on Thursday interrogated TMC youth leader Ashish Pandey, who is also a house staff at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in connection with the rape and murder of the doctor, an officer said.

Pandey was questioned for hours at the CBI's CGO Complex office before he left late in the night, he said.

"Pandey's phone number was found in the call lists of several persons. He had checked in at a hotel in Salt Lake with a woman friend on the day the trainee doctor's body was found. We are trying to ascertain his activities on that day," the CBI officer said.

Ex-RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh's medical registration cancelled

The West Bengal Medical Council (WBMC) on Thursday cancelled the registration of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal Sandip Ghosh, an official said.

Ghosh, who is in CBI custody, has been removed from the list of registered medical practitioners maintained by the WBMC, he said.

His licence was cancelled under various provisions of the Bengal Medical Act of 1914, the official said.

He is an orthopaedic surgeon and without the licence, he cannot practice.

RG Kar impasse: Bengal junior doctors to hold march to CBI office in Salt Lake on Friday

The agitating junior doctors in West Bengal, who have announced withdrawal of their sit-in before Swasthya Bhavan, will hold a march to the CBI office in Salt Lake on Friday, seeking justice for the alleged rape and murder of a medic in the state-run RG Kar hospital last month.

Ending the logjam persisting for the last 41 days, the junior doctors had on Thursday announced partial resumption of duties entailing the attending essential services in state-run hospitals from Saturday.

To mark the withdrawal of their 10-day dharna near the state health department's headquarters, they will organise the procession from their protest site to the CGO Complex, a distance of around 4 km, demanding a quick wrap-up of investigations.

IN PICS | Recap of the doctors' protest

West Bengal Junior Doctors Front holds protest march from Swasthya Bhawan in Kolkata's Salt lake area to CGO complex demanding the CBI to fast-track the investigation

West Bengal Junior Doctors Front holds a press conference outside CBI office in Kolkata

They say, "We are stopping our sit-in protest due to flood situation. We will serve in flood-affected areas from tomorrow but our protest will not stop. We will continue this in all medical colleges & hospitals. We will see till the next Supreme Court hearing. If we don't get justice, we will start our protest again."

Junior doctors withdraw 42-day 'cease work'; thousands rally for justice

Junior doctors protesting the rape-murder of a colleague at RG Kar hospital ended their 42-day 'cease work' on Friday, announcing partial resumption of duties in essential services after a march to the CBI office following a week-long demonstration outside the state health department's headquarters.

The procession, which covered around 4 km from 'Swasthya Bhawan' to the CGO Complex, aimed to urge a swift conclusion to the CBI probe into the case.

The medics said they would not work in the outpatient department (OPD) but partially function in emergency and essential services.

In yet another powerful show of solidarity, thousands of citizens gathered here on Friday evening for a massive 42-km torch rally demanding justice for the murdered young medic, coinciding with junior doctors' withdrawal of 'cease work'.

Doctors have called off their sitting demonstration in front of Swasthya Bhavan on humanitarian grounds owing to Bengal floods

People from all walks of life took out a torch really from South Kolkata Highland Park to North Kolkata Shyamabazar