Amid protests over RG Kar medico case, WB Govt orders mass transfer of 42 faculties

Kolkata: Through a recent notification, the West Bengal Health and Family Welfare Department has ordered the transfer of altogether 42 doctors from their present place of posting to other institutes.

It has been alleged that all these 42 doctors, who are working in medical college hospitals across the State, have been transferred as they raised their voices and protested against the recent incident of brutal rape and murder of a PG medical doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata. Apart from the doctors, the State has ordered the transfer of 190 Health Assistants as well.

Transfer of 42 Faculties: 

(1) As per the State Government notification dated 16.08.2024, Dr. Arani Debnandi, who was employed as the Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology, Rampurhat Government Medical College & Hospital, has been transferred to Medical College, Kolkata and continue in the same capacity with effect from the date she joins

(2) Dr. Saurabh Garai, previously employed as an Assistant Professor at the Department of General Surgery, Bankura Sammilani Medical College, Bankura, has been ordered to work as an Assistant Professor at the Department of General Surgery at Barasat Government Medical College, Barasat.

(3) Dr. MD Kamaluddin Ansari, who was employed as a Tutor at the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, North Bengal Medical College has been transferred to the Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, NRS Medical College, Kolkata.

(4) Dr. Mriganka Ghosh, who was previously employed as a Professor at the Department of Surgery, Malda Medical College, has now been transferred to Government Medical College & Hospital, Uluberia.

(5) Dr. Rinki Das, previously employed as an Associate Professor at the Department of General Surgery, IPGME&R, Kolkata has been transferred to Government Medical College & Hospital, Uluberia.

(6) Dr. Pranita Taraphdar, who was working as a Professor a Department of Community Medicine at Burdwan Medical College, has been transferred to Jhargram Government Medical College & Hospital.

(7) Dr. Tanay Mohanta, previously employed as an Associate Professor at the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at MJN Government Medical College & Hospital, has been transferred to IPHME&R, Kolkata.

(8) Dr. Biplab Shee, who was working as a Professor at Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at Burdwan Medical College, has been transferred to IPGME&R, Kolkata.

(9) Dr. Sangeeta Pal, employed as Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, R G Kar Medical College, Kolkata, has been transferred to Jalpaiguri Government Medical College & Hospital.

(10) Dr. Somnath Bhunia, previously employed as Assistant Professor at the Department of Microbiology, NRS Medical College, Kolkata has been transferred to Department of Microbiology, Jalpaiguri Government Medical College & Hospital.

(11) Dr. Aniruddha Sengupta, who was previously working as a Professor at the Department of Orthopaedics, Medical College Kolkata has been transferred to Tamralipto Government Medical College & Hospital, Tamluk.

(27) Dr. Maumita Sarkar, Assistant professor of Anatomy, has been transferred from Jhargram Government Medical College & Hospital, to Calcutta National Medical Colleg, Kolkata.

(28) Dr. Rina Das, employed as Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology, Jhargram Government Medical College & Hospital, has been transferred to Medical College, Kolkata.

(29) Dr. Gautam Mukhopadhyay, Associate Professor of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, has been transferred from North Bengal Medical College to Malda Medical College, Malda.

(30) Dr. Ramprasad Dey, Professor of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, has been transferred from Medical College, Kolkata to North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling.

(31) Dr Anindya Das, Associate Professor of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, has been transferred from North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling to College of Medicine & Sagar Dutta Hospital, Kamarhati.

(32) Dr. Subhadeep Basak, Associate Professor of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, has been transferred from College of Medicine & Sagar Dutta Hospital, Kamarhati to North Bengal Medical College, Darjeeling.

(33) Dr. Debashree Guha, Assistant Professor of Paediatrics, has been transferred from Burdwan Medical College to IPGME&R, Kolkata.

(34) Dr. Kiladip Mukhopadhyay, Professor of Orthopaedics, has been transferred from Deben Mahata Government Medical College & Hospital, Purulia to IPGME&R, Kolkata.

(35) Dr. Sanhita Mujherjee, Professor of Physiology, has been transferred from Rampurhat Government Medical College to NRS Medical College, Kolkata.

(36) Dr. Sukanya Palit, Professor of Anatomy has been transferred from Government Medical College & Hospital, Jhargram to Department of Anatomy, IPGME&R, Kolkata.

(37) Dr. Ramoghna Bandyopadhyay, previously employed as a Tutor at Department of Psychiatry at Murshidabad Medical College & Hospital, has been transferred to NRS Medical College, Kolkata.

(38) Dr. Mona Tirkey, Assistant professor of Pathology, has been transferred from Jalpaiguri Government Medical College to Barasat Government Medical College & Hospital.

(39) Dr. Doyel Halder, previously employed as a Demonstrator at the Department of Pathology at IPGME&R, Kolkata has been transferred to Prafulla Chandra Sen Government Medical College & Hospital, Arambagh.

(40) Dr. Soumitra Kumar Ghosh, Professor of Radiology, has been transferred from Malda Medical College, Malda to Diamond Harbour Government Medical College & Hospital.

(41) Dr. Supriya Das, Assistant Professor of Radiology, has been transferred from RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata to Malda Medical College, Malda.

(42) Dr Srijit Ghosh, Professor of Psychiatry, has been transferred from Calcutta National Medical College, Kolkata, to Barasat Government Medical College & Hospital, Barasat.

The medical fraternity has severely criticised this mass transfer order, alleging that the Government has punished these doctors for raising their voice against the RG Kar Medical College incident.

Taking to X (formerly Twitter), the United Doctors Front Association wrote, "We strongly condemns @MamataOfficial @BengalGovernor unjust transfer of faculty members who supported our protest.These punitive measures will not silence our demands for justice and security.We stand united and resolute in our fight."

"The West Bengal government has resorted to the pettiest and cheapest of tactics to suppress the peaceful protest by doctors of Kolkata. They have just issued a “never happened before” transfer order against all faculty who raised their voice to ask for #justiceformoumitadebnath," wrote Dr. Datta from AIIMS Delhi.

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. Lakhs of doctors across the country initiated a 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.

Apart from the transfer of these 42 faculties across the State, altogether 190 Health Assistants have also been transferred. 

To view the transfer order of the faculties, click on the link below:

https://medicaldialogues.in/pdf_upload/bengal-transfer-order-248372.pdf

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