Kolkata: R G Kar Medical School is on the boil once more after a second yr post-graduate trainee (PGT) was discovered lifeless underneath mysterious circumstances within the hospital throughout her responsibility hours round 7.30 am on Friday. Whereas her fellow PGTs, interns, home employees and MBBS college students didn’t let the physique be taken away for post-mortem until the circumstances they’d set for the autopsy and inquiry have been met, numerous organizations, together with political wings, additionally stormed into the medical faculty to protest the dying.
The physique might lastly be taken away for post-mortem round 5.30 pm.
“We might scent the rat when the school authority tried to discard it as a case of suicide whereas there are all tell-tale indicators of sexual abuse and homicide. We won’t relaxation until we’re satisfied that the correct of inquiry and post-mortem is carried out,” mentioned a PGT.
The physique of the second-year chest drugs PGT, who was on evening responsibility, was discovered inside a seminar corridor of the division. Whereas the junior medical doctors had assembled proper in entrance of the corridor to forestall the police from taking the physique, numerous physician organisations laid siege to the hospital and protested outdoors the emergency constructing.
“This can be a spine-chilling incident and clear case of homicide which the hospital authority is attempting to brush off as a suicide. We demand the post-mortem to be carried out by medical doctors from different hospitals which needs to be video-graphed. Throughout the regime of the present principal, there have been numerous untoward incidents. He ought to be eliminated instantly,” mentioned surgical procedure professor Manas Gumta, former secretary of Affiliation of Well being Service Docs (AHSD), West Bengal.
Many ladies PGTs and MBBS college students mentioned they have been feeling unsafe.
“This incident has made us scared. If this might occur to a senior how can we really feel secure contained in the campus,” mentioned an MBBS pupil.
The state-run medical faculty has been within the information for mistaken causes on many events which had prompted some college students to demand the principal’s removing. Regardless of being transferred twice, principal Sandip Ghosh was reinstated on each events. The final controversy was concerning the ragging of undergraduate college students within the Boys’ Hostel at Maniktala.
“The 11-member inside inquiry panel shaped to probe the incident has two interns who’re accused within the ragging case. Each are near the principal. How can we belief that this committee will probe the incident pretty,” mentioned a junior physician.
Demanding a good probe, members of varied organisations, together with Medical Service Centre, Service Docs AIDSO, West Bengal Docs’ Discussion board and AHSD, staged protests on the hospital campus. Later, Joint Platform of Docs additionally joined the motion and mentioned they’d proceed the protest until they’re glad with the probe final result. Members of BJP additionally confirmed up for a while.
