Threat Culture Row: Calcutta HC stays suspension of 57 RG Kar doctors
Calcutta High Court
Kolkata: The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday stayed the suspension of 57 doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The suspensions had been issued due to allegations that they were involved in a culture of intimidation on the hospital premises.
According to the PTI report, the petitioner medics, who had been suspended on October 5 over an allegation that they were part of a threat culture at the state-run medical college, claimed that they had been arbitrarily suspended from the institution.
An on-duty postgraduate trainee was raped and murdered inside RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, triggering large-scale outrage.
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Junior doctors in West Bengal have been demanding justice for the rape-murder victim, workplace security and an end to the alleged threat culture in medical colleges in the state, claiming that medics were subjected to intimidation by some influential persons, including students.
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