Key Takeaways
- The junior medics strike at RG Kar Hospital has entered its 16th day, affecting medical services in West Bengal.
- The CBI probe is ongoing, with officials stating that they cannot disclose any details due to the court-monitored investigation.
- The strike has impacted medical services across government-owned hospitals in West Bengal, with senior doctors attending to patients in emergency services and OPDs.
Kolkata: Cease work resorted by the junior medics at the RG Kar Hospital entered the 16th day on Saturday, which affected medical services across the government owned hospitals in West Bengal, official sources said.
The junior medics met on Saturday to discuss their next steps. They were considering the Supreme Court’s appeal to resume work and the deployment of CISF at the hospital. The medics were also looking at the progress of the CBI probe and deciding their future course of action.
The medics would take part in a mass convention later today. The medics said they have not noticed any visible progress of the CBI probe since August 14 following a Calcutta High Court order on August 13, transferring the case from Kolkata Police.
A 10-member delegation of medics visited the CBI office on Friday were informed that the federal agency could not disclose any details of the case due to the court-monitored investigation.
The senior doctors have been attending to patients at the emergency services both in emergencies as well as the OPDs at the government hospitals.
Meanwhile, the Kolkata Police handed the case diary and all documents of the financial alleged irregularities at the RG Kar Hospital’s former principal, Sandip Ghosh, to the CBI as per Friday’s
Calcutta HC order.
The App Cab drivers and operators on Saturday assembled at the Rash Behari Avenue in the busy south Kolkata crossing to rally from there to Esplanade seeking justice for the rape and murder of the lady medic at the RG Kar Hospital on August 9.
