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The Chief Minister of West Bengal announced on Monday that physicians employed by the government will from now on receive 10,000 to 15,000 more than they used to get.
As the state’s health minister, Banerjee also specified that every medical college in the state would receive a fund of Rs 2 crore for their cultural and sports activities. With regards to the s*xual assault and murder of a medic who worked at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in August last year, the CM ordered strict punishment to the offenders. This heinous crime led to widespread protests by the medical fraternity who were outraged at the brutal killing and demanded justice along with workplace safety and attention to the multitude of other issues that needed to be addressed.
At the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Dr. Sanjay Roy, who was accused of murdering an on duty doctor and was later sentenced to life imprisonment, has had his case plead to the high court at Calcutta. While addressing this particular assembly of doctors and medical students, Banerjee did not shy away from discussing the measures her government took in order to provide justice and spoke about the Aparajita Bill that seeks death penalty for those guilty of rape.
Recognizing the contributions of medics in the health care service, she stated that there will be an increment of salary of Rs 15,000 for the senior doctors, and Rs 10,000 for junior doctors, which include interns, house staff, and post-graduate trainees.”Senior doctors bring great value to the training of junior doctors. I will make a plea to the senior doctors, do not withhold the care when it comes to the juniors performing C-sections and cardiac surgery. Render at least eight hours of services in government hospitals and continue your private practice. I have no qualms about that,” she remarked.
Banerjee has also increased the distance for government medical practitioners to 30 kilometers for private practice, saying it used to be 20 kilometers. While commenting on the mid-year incident where a woman died and four others became sick when they gave birth after the so-called ‘intravenous fluid’ was injected on them were said to be put at Midnapore Medical college and Hospital, Banerjee put forward that they were negligence in that case she called it “medical” negligence. The woman who died, Banerjee lifted the suspension order after the 12 doctors of Midnapore Medical College and Hospital in connection acknowledged the woman’s death.
“Midnapore Medical College and Hospital had been extremely careless, for that, an investigation is being done. I cannot say anything more on this. Some were suspended. The police have investigated some of the junior doctors and their handles as well. I will lift the suspension since it is thinking about their future,” she stated Banerjee moved onto the RG Kar hospital matter. “I also want to convey my condolences to the family of the sister who was murdered at the RG Kar hospital. We expect and demand a commendable punishment in this matter,” Banerjee stated. “Like any good citizen, I had also protested to this incident. This is the state which passed the infamous Aparajita Bill, but its still non-existent,” she uttered. The West Bengal Assembly passed the Aparajita Woman and Child Bill (West Bengal Criminal Laws and Amendment) Bill, 2024 unanimously 최근 in September. The law suggests that death sentence should be awarded to all sorts of rape offenders who by the nature of their crime leaves the victim dead or in a vegetative state.
This month, a few Trinamool Congress MPs met with Droupadi Murmu to talk about the Bill that had been hanging in the balance and was submitted to the President's office by the Governor CV Ananda Bose. “I myself put my brothers in charge of taking care of our sisters to make sure that such things do not repeat themselves,” she said. “Today, there is no gender disparity, which is a very positive development.”
She continued, “The government will certainly do its part, but I believe you brothers should be more active.” More than 2,000 junior and senior doctors across the state attended the meeting on Monday. They included members of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front, who had led the protests after their colleague was brutally raped and murdered, but they boycotted the meeting.
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