New Delhi: The Ministry of Home Affairs headed by Amit Shah on Wednesday wrote to West Bengal chief secretary for the deployment of Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. This came a day after the Supreme Court criticised the Kolkata police for allowing a 7,000-strong mob to vandalise the hospital early on August 15.
The apex court had ordered deployment of CISF to guard the hospital and its hostels.
“To create safe condition for the doctors to return to duty, not only to pursue their own education but to administer medical care to patients, the court has been assured by the SG that CISF/CRPF shall be deployed in sufficient numbers to guard the facilities of RG Kar medical hospital including the hostels where they stay. With deployment of central forces, we hope and trust the resident doctors will be back to resume their duties,” the SC had said.
A CISF team, headed by a DIG-rank officer, conducted a survey of the hospital complex on Wednesday where a 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered on August 9.
The incident has since sparked nationwide protests, disrupting medical services as hundreds of doctors from various organisations have been on strike, calling for enhanced safety measures for medical professionals through a central law.
