In their letter, FORDA declared a nationwide suspension of elective services in hospitals on Monday, August 12, in solidarity with the state-run RG Kar Medical College residents and demanded five things.
“In their letter, FORDA lists 5 demands – Expeditious Acceptance of Residents’ Demands, Resignation of all the responsible authorities, which include Principal, MSVP, Dean, HOD of pulmonary medicine, ACP of RG Kar MC&H police outpost, who could not perform their duty of protecting the dignity and life of a woman who was in this case an on duty doctor, No Police Brutality, Swift Justice for the Deceased and Security Protocols for Healthcare Workers and formation of Expert committee,” the letter read.
In their letter, FORDA warned that if their demands are not met within 24 hours they will consider escalating their action which may include shutting down hospital services.
The semi-nude body of a second-year post-graduate female trainee doctor was found on August 9 (Friday) at R G Kar Medical College in Kolkata. Her body was recovered on Friday morning at 7:30 from a seminal hall of the hospital’s emergency building.
The victim was discovered semi-nude, with bloodstains and a broken collarbone.