Rajasthan: Doctors of Sawai Man Singh Medical College hold protest against sexual assault and murder of woman trainee doctor

Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], August 13 : Doctors and medical students of Sawai Man Singh Medical College in Jaipur held a protest against the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
AIMA (Federation of All India Medical Association) has called for a nationwide shutdown of OPD services from Tuesday over the rape-murder incident.
Dr Saket of Sawai Man Singh Medical College said, "Common people might feel that since doctors are protesting, patients could be suffering and we are being cruel but this incident happened on August 8 and this protest did not start before August 12. 4 days are enough for any govt to capture culprits in such a big incident."
He further said that reports suggest that there is involvement of the ruling government and real culprits are being protected.
"One person has been arrested and he is being used as a pawn though the post-mortem has clearly indicated that one person alone couldn't have committed the crime. That's why we are demanding a CBI probe. For the Principal of the college, we demanded his suspension but he was transferred to another college. The probe is happening just for the sake of it."
He further said that several incidents in the past have shown that the on-duty doctors are treated very badly by patient attendants.
"We are demanding that the government enforce the Central Protection Act that was introduced during COVID but the law was cancelled after the removal of the Epidemic Act. If there is a non-bailable offence when a lawyer or police or IPS officer is hit then why no action is taken when a doctor is attacked?" he added.
Doctors and medical students held a protest at AIIMS Delhi on Tuesday after the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA) called for a nationwide shutdown of OPD services from Tuesday.
Dr Indra Shekhar Prasad, President, Resident Doctors Association AIIMS Delhi, said, "This is such a serious incident. A woman who was on duty was sexually assaulted and murdered brutally. If such incidents happen at workplaces, how will the women work? We have several demands regarding safety concerns. We want a CBI probe into this, till then we will continue our protest."
IMA has written to Union Minister JP Nadda demanding a detailed inquiry into the conditions enabling the crime as well as the steps to improve the safety of doctors especially women in the workplace.
The post-graduate trainee doctor was found raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.