Stop Violence against doctors: Delhi Medicos hold Cycle Rally showing Solidarity

New Delhi: The National Medicos Organisation Delhi Prant recently held its 4th Cycle Rally in collaboration with medical students and doctors of various medical colleges and hospitals across Delhi. The theme for this year's event was inspired by recent pan-India protests organised by various resident doctors associations against the heinous act of violence against female doctors in RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata.

Through this event, the doctors showcased solidarity against the atrocious acts of violence against healthcare professionals.

The event was held yesterday, 22nd September 2024, 06:00 AM to 09:30 AM with theme - “Solidarity against the atrocious acts of violence against healthcare professionals”. It was flagged off from All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi at 6 AM

The endpoint was North Delhi Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital, New Delhi at 10 AM onwards.

The Chief Guest at the cycle rally was Honorable Minister Shree Ajay Tamta.

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Medical Dialogues has been reporting about the PG kar case. Recently, While considering the suo-motu matter regarding the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor at Kolkata-based RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra criticised the State Government's recent policy of avoiding to assign night duties for women doctors and limiting their working hours to 12 hours.

"...how can you say women cannot work at night? why limit the women doctors? they don't want a concession...women are ready to work exactly the same time shift , Mr Sibal you have to look at it, the answer to it is that you must give security," the CJI noted during the case proceedings.

The Counsel for Doctors for Patients also pointed out how people were scared to come forward and give information to CBI and suggested that the CBI should set up a portal to submit complaints anonymously. She also referred to two footnotes in Wikipedia that refers to an external link which has the picture of the girl. Taking note of this, the CJI assured to modify the Wikipedia order.