NMC speaks up after Kolkata incident, directs medical colleges to ensure safety of doctors

Published On 2024-08-13 13:46 GMT   |   Update On 2024-08-13 14:37 GMT
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New Delhi: Amidst the widespread outrage within the medical fraternity in the country prompting doctors and medical students to strike in protest against the unfortunate event in Kolkata where an on-duty PG medico was reportedly brutally raped and murdered, the National Medical Commission (NMC) has issued a statement and an advisory.

In its advisory issued under the authority of Dr B Srinivas, NMC Secretarythe apex medical commission noted that incidents of violence against doctors in medical colleges have been reported in the recent past. Hence, the NMC has directed medical colleges to ensure the safety of doctors by developing a policy towards a safe work environment on the campus for all staff members including doctors and medical students.

Incidents of violence against Doctors in Medical Colleges have been reported in the recent past. All Medical Colleges are requested to develop a policy for a safe work environment within the College and Hospital campus for all the staff members including Faculty, Medical Students and resident Doctors. The policy should ensure adequate safety measures at OPD, wards, casualty, hostels and other open areas on campus and in residential quarters. Corridors and campus be well-lit in the evening for staff to walk safely from one place to other and all sensitive areas be covered by CCTV for monitoring.

Further, the NMC has ordered the said policy to ensure the implementation of adequate safety measures including well-lit campus areas, CCTV monitoring, and posting of security personnel.

Adequate security measures including posting of adequate security staff (male and female) should be made available at the OPD, wards, casualty, labor rooms, hostels and residential quarters and other open areas in the Medical College and Hospital campus.

Moreover, strictly calling for a prompt investigation of cases of violence against doctors and medical students, the NMC mentioned that these cases should be immediately investigated by the institute management and an FIR should be lodged with the police.

Assuring more support to the medicos and doctors across the country who have been asking for authorities to pay heed to their long-standing demand to address such violence against them, the NMC has ordered that a detailed action report should be sent to it within 48 hours of the incident.
Any incident of violence against the medical students should be promptly investigated by the college management and FIR should be lodged with the Police. A detailed action taken report on any incident of violence should invariably be sent to the National Medical Commission (NMC) within 48 hours of the incident.
Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that the half-naked body of the deceased RG Kar PG Respiratory Medicine medico was recovered from the seminar hall of the hospital on Friday morning. A preliminary autopsy report has indicated sexual abuse before she was killed. As per the inquest report, there was bleeding from the doctor's eyes and mouth, injury on the face and nails, bleeding from her genitals, and several other injury marks on different parts of her body. Soon after the news of this horrific incident came to light, doctors in Bengal and across the country started a massive protest demanding justice.
More than 3 lakh resident doctors across the country and doctors across all AIIMS institutions are currently on strike, causing major disruptions to medical services nationwide. The doctors are demanding not only justice but also for the authorities to address safety concerns at the workplace.
During the hearing today, the Calcutta High Court observed that there was no significant development in the police investigation of the rape and murder case of the medicoand transferred the case for further investigation to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
While considering the pleas in this regard, the Division bench of Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya noted that the deceased's parents expressed an apprehension that if the investigation were allowed to continue in this manner, it would derail.
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