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  • Now, amid an uproar over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in India's West Bengal, the Indian Medical Association, the largest organization of medical staff, have appealed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come up with a central law to check violence against health care professionals, also to declare hospitals as safe zones with mandatory security entitlements.

  • Speaking of the doctor who was found dead at the Kolkata-based R.G. duty shift that the victim was in and the lack of safe spaces to rest and adequate rest room warrants a thorough overhaul of the working and living conditions of resident doctors.

  • Pan-India protests over the doctor's rape and murder continue.

  • Marches and candlelight vigils are being held across multiple locations in India as a sign of sympathy towards the victim.

  • Taking stock of the situation, the central government has directed all states to submit reports on law and order situation every two hours.

  • Kolkata police have limited public gatherings around R.G.Kar Medical College and Hospital, which was vandalized by miscreants amid protests.

  • The Central Bureau of Investigation has sped up the probe in the case.

  • The former principal of R.G.Kar Medical College and Hospital, Dr. Sandeep Ghosh, is appearing before the CBI for the third consecutive day.

  • West Bengal Orthopaedic Association has announced its decision to remove Dr. Ghosh, who is an He was questioned for several hours by the Central Agency yesterday and the day before.

  • Nursing staff, ward boys and security guards working with the hospital have also been questioned.

  • Also a five-member team of the Central Forensic Science Laboratory has arrived in Kolkata and will be conducting a psychoanalysis test and a layered voice analysis test of the prime accused, Sanjoy Roy.

  • The victim's father has raised questions on lapses that led to his daughter's death, questioning how her absence was not missed despite her being the doctor on duty.

  • My daughter left for duty at around 8-10 am on that day.

  • She was on OPD and last spoke to her mother at around 11-15 pm.

  • In the morning, when my wife called her, her phone was ringing but no one picked up.

  • By that time, my daughter died.

  • The matter of concern is that from 3 am to 10 am, nobody needed her, despite she was an on-duty doctor.

  • Meanwhile, Kolkata police has summoned actor-turned-politician and BJP leader Loke Chatterjee and two doctors in connection with the alleged spread of misinformation.

  • They have been directed to appear before police at 3 pm today for questioning.

Now, amid an uproar over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in India's West Bengal, the Indian Medical Association, the largest organization of medical staff, have appealed to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to come up with a central law to check violence against health care professionals, also to declare hospitals as safe zones with mandatory security entitlements.

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