The brutal rape and murder of a female Medical student is heartbreaking.Lost life,dreams .The trust towards the society which a doctor wants to serve seems to be misplaced in this day and age. Medical colleges needs security for students, doctors,patients.
The lady doctor a second year post graduate student went to sleep in the departmental seminar room and was brutally raped and murdered there some time between 3am to 4 am by person(s) under investigation of which one suspect is arrested and is known to have been a civic police.The police commissioner is not able comment whether it was a gang rape or not and that will be clear following furtherinvestigation.But according to one television Channel two different semen sample were isolated from vaginal swab of the victim.
The lack of women security personnel ,female changing rooms ,safe duty rooms and toilets are lacking in almost all the Govt Medical College in West Bengal.
It’s shocking the level of apathy for women Medical students,female doctors and female healthcare staff #Kolkata #horror.
The current case is now being investigated .But the tragedy which has struck the family is not something words can help with.Only justice served on time to the right culprits will help her soul rest easy.It will also ensure that this kind of events will not be repeated ever in civilized societies.
Maybe it’s time that 24 hour healthcare services are only available in places with secure facilities .
Maybe it’s time carrying a gun or a knife becomes essential for female doctors.But is that the way to a safer society?
This was one of the reasons I resigned from my job as a Medical teacher in a Government Medical College. The night duty worries were too stressful .I still have PTSD from my time of night on-calls.
A society where repeated acts of violence on doctors goes unpunished ,there’s a big problem.Because one day they will come for you.
The question remains.
Why wasn’t the possible scene of crime (the floor) secured ?
Why wasn’t the Principal, MSVP,HOD Chest and all staff on call at the hospital on that night immediately interrogated?
Why was it called a suicide?
Why wasn’t more empathy shown to the bereaved parents ?
Why do we still have to ask why?
People are protesting in large numbers against the heinous crime and the irresponsible manner of investigation
Imagine RG Kar is located at Khudiram Bose Sarani .Khudiram Bose brave 18 year old who stood up to give us freedom.
Its symbolic that the systemic rot spilled it’s gut right there.
Forensic medicine teachers at Calcutta Medical College taught us to see right .There’s really no such thing as a perfect murder.
Anyone who was with the rapists and murderer(s) will forever be a witness to each other’s crime.
Remember the movie I know what you did last summer?
#rgkarmedicalcollege #kolkata
Update 14th August
Went to the citizen protest sit in at Foara/post office more Malda English Bazar.
It was a huge gathering.
Update 15th August 2024
Mob went on a rampage at RG Kar breaking government property ,destroyed medicines,gave rape threat to nurses on duty .According to KP announcement on social media it was a 5000 to 7000 strong mob and they were caught unprepared and outnumbered.They came in trucks and went away in trucks.
IMA Malda launches a day wide protest cease work,rally along with parallel OPD
Update 17th August
Why would a mob go on a rampage in a high profile Government hospital which is also the (possible)location of a heinous crime being investigated by the CBI under judicial overview?
Mob pictures and AI matching with Aadhar/voter picture will be an easy way for KP /CBI to find the people at the forefront of yesterday’s attack.Find the one with the dog whistle.
Also Confiscate the phone, trace the call records of everyone on duty at the hospital on the day of crime and there still might be clues.
There’s no need for guesswork in crime.But I guess I am wrong .
#rgkarmedicalcollege
IMA calls for a pan India Doctors Strike. Emergency services are open everywhere.
Government of West Bengal launches a Ratri Sathi programme for safety of Health care workers.But it just might be too little too late.
Several people being arrested by KP for the 15th midnight RG Kar violent mob attack.The surprising thing is a few of them are giving interviews on television
19th August 2024
The post mortem report of the Victim is released.
20th August
Case being heard suo moto by Supreme Court.
But we need the criminals caught and punished.All those enablers who are behind the rot in the system are waiting for people to get tired,jaded and hopeless.Social justice is a marathon .