Kolkata PG Medico Death Case: Doctors' forum submits fresh note of unmet demands

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According to an IANS report, a WBJDF representative said, "At the convention, we will also be discussing how far the commitments given by the state government to strengthen the security arrangements at the medical colleges and hospitals have been fulfilled so far."

It is learnt that the auditorium at S.S.K.M. was chosen as the venue after the state government refused to provide them the space at a state-owned auditorium in Kolkata.

The junior doctors have also alleged that the auditorium also did not give them permission to organise a mass interaction programme on the matter at a shopping mall in Kolkata.

Currently, the junior doctors are attending only the "emergency services" duties and participating in the medical camps opened in the district against the backdrop of the flood situation in the state, news agency IANS reported.

They called off their cease-work movement on the issue earlier this month after the state government assured them of fulfilling their demands after the ghastly rape and murder.

On Thursday only the forum forwarded a fresh email missive to Chief Secretary Manoj Pant highlighting seven of their demands which are yet to be fulfilled by the state government.

In the communique, a hard copy of which is available with IANS, the WBJDF has highlighted seven demands which they raised in the previous communique on September 19, which are yet to be fulfilled.

In a fresh note to the Chief Secretary on Thursday morning, the forum has accused the state government of taking no action as regards to the formation of the Central Enquiry Committee for disciplinary proceedings against the perpetrators of the ‘threat culture’ in medical colleges.

Second, the forum has claimed that no directive has been given by the state government to individual colleges to form college-level enquiry committees consisting of undergraduate students and resident doctors for disciplinary proceedings against perpetrators of the "threat culture" in medical colleges.

The third unfulfilled demand is regarding a directive to authorities of various colleges to conduct college council meetings with immediate effect for holding elections to form resident doctors' associations and students' unions with polls to be held within two months.

The fourth demand, according to WBJDF, is the formation of an enquiry committee by the state against West Bengal Medical Council and West Bengal Health Recruitment Board members who are under scrutiny for promoting threat culture and running health syndicates.

The fifth point is regarding a directive for the formation of college-level task force or monitoring committee in every medical college and hospital constituting representatives of junior doctors, senior doctors, students, nursing and healthcare staff in accordance with the Supreme Court order on September 9.

The sixth point is formation of decision-making bodies such as college council, internal complaints committee, patients' welfare committee, anti-ragging squads and committee, hospital committee, house staff selection committee and senior resident counselling committee, besides allocating funds for the same.

The seventh and final point is the directive for implementation of proper and transparent transfer policy for all recruited medical personnel as per West Bengal Service Rules.

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