The cease-work by junior doctors across medical colleges will continue even as the state government declared a slew of measures to beef up security for women working in night shifts at their workplaces.
The junior doctors and students held a general body meeting at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Saturday evening to decide on their next course of action.
Most of the demands made by the junior doctors since their cease-work began on August 9 afternoon have been met.
One of their key demands was the removal of the then-principal of RG Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh. He resigned as the principal on Monday. He was appointed principal of Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital the same day but was told to go on a long leave by Calcutta High Court.
Among the other demands of the junior doctors was a transparent probe. The doctors said they had doubts about the probe being conducted by the Kolkata Police.
The probe into the rape and murder of the postgraduate trainee has been transferred to the CBI by the high court.
On Saturday, the chief advisor to the chief minister Alapan Bandyopadhyay, announced a few more measures to step up the security of women working night shifts in hopitals and medical colleges, hostels and other places.
The measures included setting up safe zones with full CCTV coverage and monitoring a mobile app connected to local police stations and police control rooms.
A protesting junior doctor of RG Kar told The Telegraph on Saturday that they will continue with their cease-work because many of their demands have still not been met.
“The written apology from the hospital authorities has yet to come,” said the junior doctor.
One of the old demands still being put forth by the protesting doctors is a written apology from the former principal, the former medical superintendent, the dean of student affairs (who is now the medical superintendent) and the assistant superintendent who was on duty on the night of the crime.
On Friday, the junior doctors at RG Kar demanded the resignation of the present principal, commissioner of Kolkata Police and deputy commissioner of north division for their “shameful response to the mob attack on the eve of Independence Day.”
Many junior doctors, since the start of the protest, had been claiming that more than one person was involved in the crime. Only one person, a Kolkata Police civic volunteer, has been arrested so far.
The first in a list of demands circulated by the junior doctors on Friday mentioned “arrest of all culprits with proper evidence with an official press release confirming the same from CBI.”
When the Kolkata Police was conducting the probe, a team of protesting doctors met the police commissioner and sought to see the CCTV footage and autopsy report.
One of the protesting doctors had told The Telegraph then that the top cop agreed to show them both, but said they cannot be shared with the junior doctors. It was not immediately clear if the junior doctors saw the footage and the autopsy report.
The West Bengal Junior Doctors Front, an association of junior doctors from multiple medical colleges across the state, will conduct a rally between College Square and Shyambazar on Sunday afternoon.
