{"id":117833,"date":"2024-08-20T13:54:07","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T13:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/20\/india-doctor-safety-taskforce-launched-amid-protests-over-rape-and-murder-of-trainee-female-medic\/"},"modified":"2024-08-20T13:54:07","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T13:54:07","slug":"india-doctor-safety-taskforce-launched-amid-protests-over-rape-and-murder-of-trainee-female-medic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/20\/india-doctor-safety-taskforce-launched-amid-protests-over-rape-and-murder-of-trainee-female-medic\/","title":{"rendered":"India: Doctor safety taskforce launched amid protests over rape and murder of trainee female medic"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A national taskforce of doctors has been set up by India’s top court to look at how medical professionals can be protected following the rape and murder of a trainee female doctor in Kolkata.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Court has asked the panel to come up with guidelines for ensuring the safety of medical professionals and healthcare workers across the country.<\/p>\n

The rape and murder of the 31-year-old earlier this month at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in the city triggered protests and vigils all over India.<\/p>\n

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Angry doctors have even stopped performing non-emergency care during the unrest.<\/p>\n

The doctors say that this case demonstrates the vulnerability within their profession.<\/p>\n

Chief Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud said: “Protecting safety of doctors and women doctors is a matter of national interest and principle of equality. The nation cannot wait for another rape for it to take some steps.”<\/p>\n

But many junior doctors said they were not satisfied and would keep on demonstrating.<\/p>\n

“Legislation alone will not solve these problems; we need a comprehensive overhaul of the system,” the national body of
trainee and junior doctors said in a statement.<\/p>\n

A police volunteer has been arrested and charged with murder and rape over the killing.<\/p>\n

The family of the victim claim that more people were involved, and the doctor was actually subjected to a gang-rape.<\/p>\n

The issue of violence against women and girls has been ongoing in India since the gang rape of a 23-year-old student on a bus in Delhi in 2012.<\/p>\n

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The attack prompted ministers to introduce tougher penalties and fast-track courts, along with the death penalty for those who repeatedly committed sexual violence against women.<\/p>\n

Regardless of the swifter and harsher penalties, sexual violence against women is an ongoing national concern in India.<\/p>\n

In 2022, police recorded 31,516 reports of rape, which was a 20% increase from 2021, the National Crime Records Bureau said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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