Six of the doctors in training from the Indian state of West Bengal, in the east of this country, started this Sunday a hunger strike for the lack of actions in favor of safety in hospitals, after a doctor was raped and murdered last August 9.
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The West Bengal Doctors in Training Front (WBJDF) indicated in a statement posted on its Instagram social network profile that, after 57 days of protests, the regional government “he doesn’t want to pay attention to them”, what forces them to start a hunger strike to prevent new cases like the one that occurred at the RG Kar teaching hospital in Kolkata.
In other publications, the WBJDF details that they are six doctors who began this Sunday at 8:30 (3:00 GMT) an indefinite hunger strike until the authorities take their requests into account and make decisions in this regard.
The rape and subsequent murder of a young doctor in Calcutta while working a 36-hour work shift, he shocked India and health professionals in the Asian country in the month of August.
Initially, the doctors’ protests spread through several cities in the country, but finally ended up concentrating in Calcutta, capital of West Bengal, where doctors in training resumed a strike on October 1 that was suspended on September 19.
The investigation into the RG Kar incident, led by the Supreme Court of India and the Central Bureau of Investigation of this Asian country (CBI), has been controversial.with accusations of corruption and serious doubts about the impartiality of the security forces and the Bengali authorities since the case occurred, which finally ended up acquiring a marked political aspect.
Sexual violence against women in India It is a persistent problem, and often provokes the reaction of a part of society that demands more measures to guarantee the safety of women in the face of a complex problem.
India’s latest crime report, which is for 2022, recorded 31,500 rape cases In that year alone, approximately 86 per day.
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