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Kolkata Doctor Rape-Murder: Nirbhaya Movement Needed for Doctors

Kolkata is reeling from the shocking rape and murder of a resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College, exposing the urgent need for systemic reforms and legislation to protect doctors from violence.

By Dr Aqsa Shaikh and Dr Amir Wasim
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As you read this, the news of the death of a young woman resident doctor at RG Kar Medical College, Kolkata, would have reached you already. On Friday, August 9, 2024, the body of a female resident doctor was found in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College in a semi-nude condition with multiple gruesome injuries indicating brutal sexual assault, smothering, and strangulation. The resident doctor on duty was raped and murdered at her workplace while she was resting in the seminar hall in the middle of her insanely long 36-hour shift.

The emergency department lacked a proper doctors’ duty room, which is earmarked for resident doctors to rest during such long shifts. The brutality of the sexual assault and murder has shaken the nation. There are widespread protests by doctors and nurses across the country demanding justice for the victim and systemic measures to ensure safe working conditions for resident doctors.

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The Kolkata doctor's rape and murder has also been taken up by political parties, who have demanded a CBI inquiry. The West Bengal Chief Min

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