The doctors have taken the decision to press the Mamata Banerjee government on various demands, including ensuring their safety and security at all medical establishments.
Kolkata junior doctors have written a four page letter to President Droupadi Murmu, seeking her intervention in the alleged murder and rape of a doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9 in West Bengal city of Kolkata.
In the latest development in the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case, the family of the victim accused the Kolkata Police of bribing them and said they offered money when they were crying and sitting with the mortal remains of their daughter inside the house.
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday approached Kolkata High Court for permission to conduct a polygraph test on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's ex-principal, Dr Sandip Ghosh, and four doctors after finding discrepancies in their statements during the investigation.
The Supreme Court, while commencing its hearing on the Kolkata doctor rape-murder case on Thursday, said that health professionals must return to work and that once they resume their duties, the court will prevail upon authorities to not take adverse action against them.
Former principal of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Ghosh, reached the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) office in Kolkata on Thursday morning regarding the ongoing probe into the alleged rape and murder case of a trainee doctor.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP, Manoj Tiwari on Wednesday alleged that the sexual assault and murder of a female doctor in West Bengal's Hospital was carried out in a very coordinated manner as some had tried to erase the evidence of the incident that happened on August 9.
A team of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) reached the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday where the trainee doctor was raped and murdered.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed all social media platforms and electronic media to remove the name of the deceased of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Kolkata, photographs, and video clips forthwith.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday said that the nation can't wait for another rape and murder for bringing changes on the ground and set up National Task Force to prepare an action plan to prevent violence against medical professionals and providing safe working conditions.