Medical fraternity hold candle march over Kolkata outrage
Tribune News Service
Amritsar, August 13
Medical professionals, including doctors and paramedical staff, took out a candle march outside the Jallianwala Bagh Martyrs Memorial Civil Hospital here on Tuesday evening demanding justice for the raped and murdered trainee resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
The medical fraternity stated that it is very sad that a resident doctor who had a bright career ahead in her life was treated in a brutal way. “The parents of a child are most happy when their child becomes a doctor. They think that their child is now settled and would lead a respectable life. We cannot imagine the situation her parents might be going through,” said Dr Sumitpal Singh, president of the PCMS Association.
Dr Sumitpal Singh said they hope that the government would wake up and resolve the long-pending issue of safety of medical professionals. To provide medical care to patients at odd hours, medical professionals need to feel safe and it is the duty of the government to make arrangements for their security.
Association general secretary Dr Madhur Poddar said, “We have ample security arrangement in place at the district Civil Hospital where apart from a police post, internal security of the hospital too remains present at all hours.” Dr Poddar said their counterparts working at the Community Health Centres and other hospitals are not so lucky.
“Sometimes at CHCs, a woman doctor along with other women fellows or one male are assigned night duties. Mostly in cases of medico-legal nature, visitors are highly agitated or even in an inebriated condition. In such cases even a male colleague is not able to help female staff,” said a female doctor.
