NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Saturday rejected the mass resignations tendered by senior doctors of the state-run-hospitals saying papers had no “legal value.” This came after the Mamata government received several resignation letters from doctors in support of the junior doctors’ fast-onto-death strike, who are demanding justice for the PG trainee medic in…
KOLKATA: Bengal police Sunday lodged FIR against three doctors,, Birupaksha Biswas, Aveek De and Ranjit Saha – all linked to ‘North Bengal lobby‘ and close aides of former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh following physical and email complaints of intimation by 31 junior doctors of Calcutta Medical College and Hospital. Police compiled all complaints into…
KOLKATA: Parents of the 31-year-old RG Kar victim joined protesters Sunday on the eve of a scheduled Supreme Court hearing, vowing to stand by them in their joint quest for justice, reports. “We won’t get justice easily. We have to snatch it. This will not be possible without everybody’s help. You all standing beside us…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday formed a 10-member National Task Force to make a blueprint for the safety and facility of healthcare workers at their workplace.While hearing the suo motu case on the rape and murder case of a young trainee doctor in Kolkata, the apex court directed the task force to submit…
NEW DELHI: Centre has decided to increase security personnel by 25% at all hospitals run by it in view of the protests by doctors demanding better safety and security for healthcare workers following the Aug 9 rape-murder of an on-duty doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. It has also directed these hospitals…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Sunday took suo motu cognisance of the August 9 rape-murder of a doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar hospital. This comes days after Calcutta HC had transferred to probe to CBI expressing reservations about Kolkata police’s probe into the case.CJI D Y Chandrachud ordered registration of suo motu criminal writ…
KOLKATA: Vandals armed with sticks, shafts, bottles and bricks usurped the night Kolkata sought to reclaim Wednesday, storming RG Kar Medical College past midnight and unleashing 40 minutes of mayhem that didn’t spare even critical care units and left doctors and nurses pulverised soon after spontaneous street protests against a 31-year-old PG student’s rape-murder.Ten suspects…
LUCKNOW: Responding to demands from family members for a post-mortem conducted by a panel of doctors from AIIMS Delhi, the Banda administration arranged for gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Ansari‘s autopsy to be carried out by a team of five doctors, including one from PGI.The entire procedure was meticulously recorded on video from multiple angles and concluded on…
