Kolkata doctor rape, murder: Doctors' association FORDA resumes strike
Aug 15, 2024
New Delhi [India], August 15 : The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) on Thursday announced that they have decided to resume its strike to protest the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata.
The decision to resume the protest came a day after, a mob entered the RG Kar Hospital campus (August 14), causing damage to the protest site, vehicles, and public property. Security officials were forced to intervene to disperse the crowd.
"We strongly condemn the Union Ministry and State Government for their failure to honour their commitments and ensure the safety of healthcare professionals during this crisis. Given the gravity of recent developments and the overwhelming call for justice, we have decided to resume the strike, effective immediately," FORDA said in a press release.
Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday alleged that the Left is in connivance with the Ram (the Bharatiya Janata party) to create unrest in West Bengal.
"Left and Ram want to create unrest in Bengal and they both have come together to do this," She said while referring to the vandalism at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata on Wednesday.
The Bengal chief minister said that the mob were not connected to the student movement and alleged that "they are BJP people" who created a ruckus inside the emergency ward of the hospital.
"The people who vandalised RG Kar Hospital yesterday and created this ruckus are not connected to the student movement of RG Kar Medical College, they are outsiders, I have seen as many videos, I have three videos as I can see, in which some people are holding national flags, they are BJP people, and some are DYFI are holding white and red flags," CM Banerjee said.
On August 9, a post-graduate trainee doctor was found dead in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The victim's family has alleged that she was raped and murdered. This incident has triggered a nationwide protest by doctors and medical fraternities.
