FORDA on Monday launched a nationwide strike as they gathered outside the various hospital, demanding justice for the trainee-doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
A meeting was held between all the Delhi RDAs and members of the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) regarding the nationwide strike call and demands for justice for the tragic death of a second-year PG resident at RG Kar Medical College.
In the wake of the rape and murder of a female post-graduate trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the West Bengal government has appointed Professor Dr Bulbul Mukhopadhyay as the new Medical Superintendent cum Vice-Principal of the college.
The associations have decided to boycott the biometric system from August 20, demanding a more practical approach. Key demands include - Appraisal for doctors, relaxation of biometric rules for paramedical staff and doctors, increased hospital beds and staff in smaller hospitals and stronger
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday demanded a CBI inquiry into the rape and murder of a woman doctor at a medical college in Kolkata as the Police had initially labelled the case as a suicide before changing it to a murder case.
The Kerala Government Medical College Teachers' Association (KGMCTA) will hold a protest against the death and sexual assault of a female post-graduate trainee doctor in Kolkata.
The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) on Sunday announced a nationwide halt of elective services in hospitals on August 12 to show solidarity with the residents of RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
Union Minister of State and BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar on Sunday wrote to Union Health Minister JP Nadda to take steps to prevent future tragedies like the recent one at RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata.
Veteran actor Jamie Lee Curtis was felicitated with an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts by the American Film Institute at the conservatory's commencement ceremony.
A group of doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhopal, in Madhya Pradesh, held a candlelight march on Saturday to protest the death of a female post-graduate trainee (PGT) at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in West Bengal's Kolkata.
BJP leader Shehzad Poonawalla hit out at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the death of the female post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor whose body was found inside the seminar hall of the government-run R G Kar Medical College and alleged that the TMC has constituted an inquir