Bihar: Doctors sit on strike, demand justice for sexual assault, murder of female trainee doctor

Gaya (Bihar) [India], August 13 :The doctors of Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital (ANMMC), the largest government hospital of South Bihar held a protest on Tuesday against the sexual assault and murder of a wo man post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor in Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The doctors also sat on strike in front of the ANMMC hospital's superintendent with a placard in their hands.
Visuals emerged where the doctors were seen holding placards in their hands and demanded justice.
"We are protesting here for the justice of the doctor who was sexually assaulted. We demand a safe environment for the doctors. We also demand that the Central Protection Act for Doctors should be taken seriously. At our hospital itself, there are no proper security arrangements for the doctors," said one of the protesting doctors.
Swati Singh, another protesting doctor demanded justice for the doctor.
"Why is the issue of the protection of doctors only being raised after the incident has occurred? Was the government waiting for something like this to occur? We will not be stopping the treatment of our doctors but we demand justice," she said.
Meanwhile, a patient who had come for her treatment said that she was not given treatment because of the ongoing protests.
"I was not given treatment because the doctors are on strike," she said.
Meanwhile, the Calcutta High Court ordered a CBI investigation into the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor.
The Court has asked the Kolkata Police to hand over all documents to the CBI immediately.
Earlier today, protesting doctors and medical students conveyed that their protests will be carried on until their demands of installing CCTV cameras, establishing proper security measures, and providing compensation to the victim's parents are met.