Kolkata Doctor Rape and Murder Case Live Updates: The incident led to nationwide protests by doctors, demanding justice for the victim and a law ensuring safety for all resident doctors in colleges and hospitals. (Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)
Kolkata Doctor Rape and Murder Case Live Updates: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officers continued to question of R G Kar Medical College and Hospital former principal Dr Sandip Ghosh regarding the rape and murder of a young doctor on night shift on hospital premises for the sixth consecutive day on Wednesday. As per the news agency PTIGhosh may also be subjected to a polygraph test. “We want to further verify Ghosh’s answers, as there have been discrepancies in some of the replies,” an official told PTI.
D0ctors’ strike continues: Healthcare services remain affected at state-run hospitals in West Bengalas junior doctors continued their strike for the 13th consecutive day. Senior doctors were asked to report to duty in place of junior medics at several hospitals, even as the state government urged the protestors to resume work, officials told the news agency PTI.
A quick recap: A 31-year-old postgraduate doctor was brutally raped and murdered inside the seminar hall of the hospital on August 9, sparking national outrage. Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer, has been arrested. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is under fire over her government’s handling of the case. Taking his motor cognition, a Supreme Court bench has expressed deep concern over the “horrific” rape and murder of the trainee doctor and constituted a 9-member task force to work out modalities for the safety of doctors at workspaces. It has also ordered the removal of the name, photos and videos of the trainee doctor from media platforms. It directed the CBI to submit a status report by August 22.
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