Supreme Court forms National Task Force to make protocol for doctors' safety

SC directs CISF to provide security at RG Kar Medical College and hospital to enable doctors to resume work

August 20, 2024 12:51 pm

The top court posts the hearing on plea related to the case for August 22.

Supreme Court asks protesting doctors to resume work, says their concern is being received with utmost importance

August 20, 2024 12:40 pm

West Bengal government must ensure vandals who attacked hospital are arrested and FIR filed against them, says SC

August 20, 2024 12:13 pm

SC directs CBI to file status report by August 22 on investigation in the case

August 20, 2024 12:07 pm

SC directs Bengal government to file status report by August 22 on progress of probe into mob attack on RG Kar hospital

August 20, 2024 12:07 pm

SC constitutes 10-member task force to formulate national protocol for ensuring safety, facilities for doctors

August 20, 2024 12:02 pm

West Bengal govt was expected to maintain law and order and protect crime scene, unable to comprehend why state could not do so: SC

August 20, 2024 11:58 am

Nation cannot wait for another rape for things to change on ground, says SC

August 20, 2024 11:53 am

SC says power of West Bengal government should not be unleashed on protestors, its time of national catharsis

August 20, 2024 11:45 am

Let West Bengal not be in denial mode, complete failure of law and order in state, says Solicitor General Tushar Mehta in SC

August 20, 2024 11:41 am

Mehta says mob of 7,000 people cannot enter R G Kar Hospital without knowledge of Kolkata Police

SC raps West Bengal govt over delay in filing FIR, asks what were hospital authorities doing

August 20, 2024 11:37 am

When conduct of RG Kar hospital's principal was under scrutiny, how was he appointed to another college immediately, asks SC

August 20, 2024 11:33 am

Apex Court raps Kolkata Police, asks how mob of thousands entered RG Kar Medical College

August 20, 2024 11:32 am

It appears crime was detected in early hours, medical college principal tried to pass it off as suicide, says SC

August 20, 2024 11:29 am

Most young doctors putting in 36 hours, we must evolve national protocol to ensure safe conditions of work: SC

August 20, 2024 11:27 am

SC says if women are not able to go to work and working conditions are not safe, we are denying them equality

August 20, 2024 11:25 am

Top court says it is deeply concerned that name of deceased published all over media

August 20, 2024 11:24 am

Supreme Court commences hearing on plea, says it took suo motu cognisance as case raises systematic issue regarding safety of doctor across India

August 20, 2024 11:23 am

'Do not link Durga Puja with RG Kar tragedy', appeals Bengal association

August 20, 2024 11:05 am

The appeal from Forum for Durgotsab, an association of community Puja committees in West Bengal, comes in the wake Uttarpara Sakti Sangha club based out of Uttarpara in Hooghly district, having announced to refuse the annual Puja donation by the state government as a token protest against the rape and murder tragedy. IANS

Junior doctors in Bengal continue to protest, health services hit

August 20, 2024 10:22 am

Long queues of patients were seen at several government-run hospitals in the state where senior doctors and assistant professors attended them at OPDs. “The agitation will continue till our sister gets justice. We also want security at workplaces. Our primary demand is the punishment of the culprits,” one of the agitating doctors at the state-run hospital told PTI.

Bengal government forms SIT to probe into financial irregularities at RG Kar hospital

August 20, 2024 9:24 am

The four-member SIT will be headed by Swami Vivekananda State Police Academy IG Dr Pranav Kumar. According to the notification issued by the West Bengal Home Department on August 16, the SIT will have the liberty to access any relevant document from government departments and private agencies, which would be required for its investigation. The SIT has been asked to submit its report within one month. PTI

Mahua Moitra counters RG Kar autopsy report rumours

August 20, 2024 9:24 am

RG Kar autopsy in presence of judicial magistrate & 3 doctors:
1. Show NO fracture to pelvic girdle or other bones
2. 150 gm refer to weight of inner & outer genitalia NOT to imaginary amount of fluid
3. Does NOT suggest multiple assailants

Do NOT spread fake news please.

— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) August 20, 2024

Delhi Medical Association moves SC

August 20, 2024 9:19 am

The Delhi Medical Association on Monday moved Supreme Court, seeking to be made a party in a suo motu case related to the rape and murder of a postgraduate medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The national capital-based doctors' body with more than 15,000 members has sought setting up of a committee headed by a former Supreme Court judge to "prepare a module/scheme for protection of doctors and medical service personnel against any violence in the hospitals and the public healthcare centres".