RG Kar PG medico rape-murder Case: Junior doctors give 14 August deadline to police to finish probe
Kolkata: In connection with the rape and murder case of a PG respiratory medicine medico at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Junior doctors across West Bengal continued their cease work on Tuesday. They have set a deadline of August 14 for the Kolkata Police to complete its investigation, demanding a magisterial probe into the incident.
The nationwide strikes and protests by junior doctors, and trainees affected medical services as long queues of patients were seen at out-patient departments of all government-run hospitals since early Tuesday morning. And senior doctors were substituting their junior counterparts to address the rush.
According to the PTI report, the agitating junior doctors, who have been pressing for magisterial probe into the killing of the woman doctor, on Tuesday set a deadline of August 14 for the Kolkata Police to complete their investigation.
"The ceasework and protest will continue till our demands are met. We have been very clear about our demands. We want a judicial probe into the incident," a protesting junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital said.
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