Medics demand better safety measures as ‘civic volunteer’ arrested after attack on female trainee doctor in Kolkata
Doctors at government hospitals in several Indian states have gone on strike in a protest after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata on Friday.
On Saturday police arrested Sanjay Roy, a “civic volunteer” at the hospital, in connection with the attack. Roy’s duties were unclear but local media reports said he operated in part as a tout, helping to speed up admissions for patients in return for money. “This decision is not made lightly but is necessary to ensure that our voices are heard,” the doctors’ federation said in a statement. The federation said it was demanding not only a speedy trial but also an inquiry to pinpoint the factors that made the crime possible, and urgent measures to improve the safety of doctors, especially women, in hospitals.
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