NEW DELHI: The West Bengal authorities has launched a spread of initiatives to boost the protection of ladies within the office, particularly in state-run hospitals the place evening shifts are required. Chief Advisor to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Alapan Bandyopadhyay, outlined these measures throughout a press convention, amidst ongoing protests by docs throughout the state in response to the alleged rape and homicide of a medic at RG Kar hospital.
The initiatives embrace designated retiring rooms and CCTV-monitored ‘protected zones’ in hospitals, medical faculties, hostels, and different institutions the place ladies work evening shifts.These places will now be coated below the flagship programme ‘Rattirer Sathi – Helpers of the Evening’, which entails volunteers.
Moreover, the state authorities plans to develop a cell app with alarm options that ladies can obtain and use to speak with native police stations in case of emergencies. Staff in each state and personal institutions can be inspired to type two-member ladies groups throughout evening shifts to maintain one another knowledgeable about their actions. Bandyopadhyay additionally talked about, “We’ve additionally beneficial sustaining the best ratio of female and male safety employees at workplaces.”
As well as, “breath analyser assessments” can be carried out at medical faculties and hospitals within the metropolis and districts. Evening police patrolling can be applied in any respect medical faculties, hospitals, and ladies’s hostels. “Wherever attainable, evening responsibility could also be averted for ladies. We hope these measures are applied on the earliest,” Bandyopadhyay added.
The initiatives embrace designated retiring rooms and CCTV-monitored ‘protected zones’ in hospitals, medical faculties, hostels, and different institutions the place ladies work evening shifts.These places will now be coated below the flagship programme ‘Rattirer Sathi – Helpers of the Evening’, which entails volunteers.
Moreover, the state authorities plans to develop a cell app with alarm options that ladies can obtain and use to speak with native police stations in case of emergencies. Staff in each state and personal institutions can be inspired to type two-member ladies groups throughout evening shifts to maintain one another knowledgeable about their actions. Bandyopadhyay additionally talked about, “We’ve additionally beneficial sustaining the best ratio of female and male safety employees at workplaces.”
As well as, “breath analyser assessments” can be carried out at medical faculties and hospitals within the metropolis and districts. Evening police patrolling can be applied in any respect medical faculties, hospitals, and ladies’s hostels. “Wherever attainable, evening responsibility could also be averted for ladies. We hope these measures are applied on the earliest,” Bandyopadhyay added.
