Kolkata rape-murder: Another doctor on hunger strike!
Another junior doctor, who was on hunger strike for justice in the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in kolkata, was admitted to hospital after his health deteriorated on saturday evening. An official gave this information. The official said that junior doctor Anustup Mukherjee of North bengal Medical college and Hospital is among those sitting on hunger strike and he is the third doctor who has been admitted to the hospital after his health deteriorated. A doctor said that his colleagues at the hunger strike site described his condition as "serious", after which a team of doctors decided that in view of his condition, he should be admitted to the hospital for treatment.
He said that after this Mukherjee was taken to the hospital. He was taken to the Medical college of kolkata, where he studies, for treatment. junior doctors present at the hunger strike site said that his stool was bleeding and he had complained of severe stomach pain. They urged the government to consider their demands and said the state government was "responsible" for the deteriorating condition of the fasting doctors. Earlier in the day, junior doctor Alok Verma of North bengal Medical college and Hospital was also admitted to the hospital after his health deteriorated.
The fast began on october 5
About three days ago, Aniket Mahato was admitted to the ICU of RG Kar Hospital. The junior doctors began their fast unto death in the Esplanade area of central kolkata on october 5. The protesting doctors are demanding the immediate removal of Justice and health Secretary N.S. Nigam for the deceased woman doctor of RG Kar Medical college and Hospital. Other demands of the doctors include the establishment of a centralized referral system for all hospitals and medical colleges in the state, implementation of vacant bed monitoring system and formation of a task force to ensure CCTVs, 'on-call' rooms etc. at workplaces.