AIIMS New Delhi Urges Doctors to Resume Duties Amid Protests Over Kolkata Incident

AIIMS New Delhi requests resident doctors to return to duties to ensure patient care normalization. Doctors are protesting in solidarity with a slain colleague in Kolkata. The Supreme Court has stepped in, forming a task force to prevent violence against healthcare professionals.

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi requested its resident doctors on Wednesday to immediately resume their duties. This move aims to ensure patient care services are normalized amid ongoing protests. Doctors are rallying in light of the murder and alleged sexual assault of a female trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.

According to a statement from the AIIMS Director's Office, the entire AIIMS family supports the safety cause of healthcare professionals nationwide. However, it emphasized the need for doctors to fulfill their duty of caring for patients. The Government of India has committed to ensuring the safety of healthcare professionals, and the Supreme Court has requested doctors to return to their duties for the sake of patient care. Prof M Srinivas, AIIMS Director, made this appeal to the Resident Doctors of AIIMS New Delhi.

A five-member committee was formed to address the immediate concerns of AIIMS healthcare professionals. On Wednesday, the Resident Doctors' Association of AIIMS New Delhi announced that they would provide OPD services from Jantar Mantar to demonstrate their commitment to patient care.

In support of RG Kar MC&H residents in Kolkata, the Resident Doctors' Association will start OPD services at Jantar Mantar from 11:00 am onwards to show their dedication to serving patients despite challenges. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has constituted a 10-member National Task Force to recommend measures for preventing violence and ensuring the safety of medical professionals. The Task Force, including Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin, is to submit an interim report in three weeks and a final report within two months.

Following the junior doctor's rape and murder incident in Kolkata, the apex court has also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to provide a status report on the investigation. The West Bengal government is required to file a report on the mob attack incident at RG Kar hospital on August 15.

(With inputs from agencies.)