Additional rest and duty rooms with washrooms for doctors, CCTV surveillance, proper illumination and deployment of adequate security personnel.

The state government is implementing several measures to “improve overall working conditions of the doctors, nurses, interns, staff and patients at medical colleges and other hospitals,” health department officials said on Tuesday.

The department has sanctioned around ₹37 crore for the upgrade.

“The health department has sanctioned the money for the construction of additional rest rooms, washrooms and drinking water facilities, and installation of CCTV cameras, among other things,” an official said.

Junior doctors at government medical colleges, who have been on a cease-work since a 31-year-old postgraduate trainee was found raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, are demanding that their working conditions be improved and security intensified.

According to health department sources, an additional 10,000 CCTV cameras will be installed at all government medical colleges and hospitals with more than 100 beds. Presently, there are nearly 8,000 cameras at these facilities.

Additional lights will be installed in the corridors, staircases, wards, hostels and other areas, the sources said.

An additional 1,500 guards will be deployed at government medical colleges and other hospitals in phases.

The sources said there would be a proper mix of male and female guards. Of the 1,500 new guards, 900 will be women.

To improve the quality of drinking water, more than 1,000 new water purifiers are being installed across government medical colleges and hospitals.

The junior doctors have alleged that they are being forced to work in poor conditions. Lack of separate rest rooms for male and female doctors, proper illumination and adequate security had led to the rape and murder at RG Kar, the protesting junior doctors have been saying since the beginning of their cease-work.

“It was decided at a recent meeting that the facilities at the hospitals would be improved," a health department official said.