Since the Supreme Court has taken suo motu cognisance of matter, Calcutta High Court has adjourned hearings on several PILs on the RG Kar incident.

The parents of the postgraduate trainee had moved the HC, seeking a court-monitored investigation in the case. The court asked whether the then principal of the medical college, Sandip Ghosh’s statement was recorded, to which the state lawyer answered in the negative.

Shouldn't an organisation and its administrative officials be held accountable for the safety of their workers?

The incident takes us back to the murder of Aruna Shanbaug, the nurse who was raped, strangled with a dog leash and left to die by a ward boy whom she had scolded, in Mumbai’s King Edward’s Memorial Hospital in 1973. 

The arrest of Sanjay Roy, a civic volunteer with Kolkata Police, has raised serious concerns about the security and safety measures within hospital premises, particularly those where many women work late-night shifts.

The KGMCTA, an association of government medical college teachers, on Sunday strongly condemned the tragic murder of the PG student and said the doctors in the southern state would protest against the gruesome incident.

Indian Medical Association on Saturday gave authorities a 48-hour ultimatum failing which it will be constrained to initiate nationwide action.