The pain of the medical fraternity over the gruesome rape-murder of a medic in a Kolkata hospital resonated in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The apex court bench posed the same questions to Mamata Banerjee’s government that are still being asked by the public at large. The apex court also expressed its deepest sympathy for the victim. The court’s observations over laxity on the part of Kolkata Police clearly reflected the anger that has been visible among the agitating doctors. I hope the court’s directions for the deployment of CISF at the hospital and setting up a National Task Force to formulate security protocol for health workers will increase the trust of the people in the system. People now expect that the victim’s family will get justice. The pressure is now on Mamata Banerjee and it is showing. The same Kolkata Police which had been avoiding naming the ex-principal Dr Sandip Ghosh till now, is now filing case after case against him. The stern attitude of the Supreme Court is now showing results.OPINION | Inhuman working conditions for doctors: Challenge for the task force
The pain of the medical fraternity over the gruesome rape-murder of a medic in a Kolkata hospital resonated in the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The apex court bench posed the same questions to Mamata Banerjee’s government that are still being asked by the public at large. The apex court also expressed its deepest sympathy for the victim. The court’s observations over laxity on the part of Kolkata Police clearly reflected the anger that has been visible among the agitating doctors. I hope the court’s directions for the deployment of CISF at the hospital and setting up a National Task Force to formulate security protocol for health workers will increase the trust of the people in the system. People now expect that the victim’s family will get justice. The pressure is now on Mamata Banerjee and it is showing. The same Kolkata Police which had been avoiding naming the ex-principal Dr Sandip Ghosh till now, is now filing case after case against him. The stern attitude of the Supreme Court is now showing results.
