Indian Doctor Protests Grow After Colleague’s Murder
On Friday 16th f August 2024 as, medical professionals demanded the biggest hospital service shutdown in recent memory and political parties prepared for marches, the scandal surrounding the horrific rape and death of a doctor in eastern India showed showing no signs of slowing down. Following the (rape and murder) of a (31-year-old) trainee doctor inside a medical college in Kolkata, an eastern city, this past week, doctors across the country protested, making connections to the infamous (sex assault and murder) of a (23-year-old) student on a bus going by in New Delhi in the year 2012.
The most powerful medical association in the nation, the Indian Medical Association, expressed late on the 115th of August Thursday that it will launch the largest strike in more than (10 years), shutting down most departments nationally for (24 hours) starting on Saturday 17th of August morning, with a small number of important services. According to details Physicians, particularly female physicians, are susceptible to violence due to the nature of their work.
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In a statement released on Twitter late on 15th of August Thursday night, the IMA stated that it is the responsibility of the government to ensure the safety of physicians within (hospitals and campuses). On the other side, political groups have announced that they will stage protests in Kolkata on Friday 16th of August. Among them is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the opposition party in West Bengal. Whereas actors from Bollywood, along with other celebrities and politicians, expressed their horror at the incident and demanded harsher penalties for those who commit crimes against women.
The hospital employed a police volunteer, who has now been detained and charged with the act. Physicians believe the rape’s circumstances highlight how at-risk medical professionals are when they lack adequate facilities and security. Afterward the (Delhi gang rape), the government implemented major changes to the system of justice, including harsher punishment. However, activists claim that despite the stricter laws not much has changed.
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