Vadodara: Junior doctors registered their protest at the Kolkata rape and murder in a novel manner, playing the role of security guards at the state-run SSG Hospital here on Tuesday. With the slogan ‘Main Bhi Chowkidar’ on their aprons, shirts and T-shirts, the junior doctors pressed their demands for additional security measures on hospital premises. On Monday, the Junior Doctors Association ( JDA ) at Baroda Medical College submitted a list of seven demands which they said would have to be met for the strike to end.
“We stood outside the wards as security personnel to emphasize that hospital premises are in dire need of enhanced security,” said JDA president Dr Chintan Solanki. “Through a ‘shradhanjali’ programme, we grieved the assurance letter which was given to us a year ago by the hospital authorities. Earlier, when security issues had surfaced, we were given this assurance letter.
But nothing has moved so far,” he said. Amid the ongoing strike demanding justice for the rape and murder victim of RG Kar Medical College in Kolkata, the JDA has demanded that the number of security personnel at the hospital be increased to a minimum of 350. There are currently 112 security guards working in three shifts at the 1,513-bed hospital.
The association also demanded that ‘She’ teams be permanently stationed at the hospital, a 24x7 police station be set up on the campus and that the entire premises be covered under CCTV surveillance. We also published the following articles recently Docs play security guards in protest at SSG Hospital Junior doctors at SSG Hospital in Vadodara protested by acting as security guards and wearing 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' slogans. They demanded increased security, including a minimum of 350 guards, She' teams, a 24x7 police station, and comprehensive CCTV coverage.
Their strike was driven by a longstanding unfulfilled assurance from hospital authorities and justice for a victim in Kolkata. Docs play role of security guards at SSG Hospital Junior doctors at SSG Hospital, Vadodara, protested for better security, citing previous unaddressed assurances. They demanded an increase in security personnel, a permanent 'She' team, a 24x7 police station on-campus, and full CCTV coverage.
The protest included doctors acting as security guards while donning 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' slogans on their attire. Kolkata doctor murder-rape: Doctors continue protest at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital Students and junior doctors at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata protested following the alleged rape and murder of a female colleague on August 9. The Calcutta High Court transferred the case to the CBI.
On August 14, the protest site was vandalized, prompting city police to impose Section 163 to maintain order from August 18 onwards..
