‘I Will Repeat What Happened in RG Kar Hospital’: Woman Doctor Threatened With Rape and Murder by Patient in West Bengal’s Purba Bardhaman

Kolkata, August 12: After the horrific incident of murder and rape by a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Hospital, another woman doctor at a government hospital in West Bengal was allegedly threatened with rape and murder by a patient who is also a civic volunteer. "You know what happened at RG Kar Hospital? I will do it here," the accused threatened to repeat the sexual assault and murder of a medical trainee at a Kolkata hospital if he didn't receive proper treatment. Doctors and nurses at Bhatar Hospital protested on Saturday, August 10 leading to the accused's arrest.

According to a report by NDTV, the patient, identified as Susanta Roy, is a civic volunteer, according to a district official. On Friday night, the accused, drunk, visited Bhatar State General Hospital in Purba Bardhaman district for treatment. He allegedly threatened the doctor, warning of the same fate as the Kolkata trainee. Who is Sanjay Roy, the prime accused in the Kolkata Trainee Doctor Rape-Murder Case? How Did West Bengal Police Catch Him?

A district health official said that the patient allegedly warned the attending doctor that if he wasn't treated properly, she would face the same consequences as the woman doctor at R.G. Kar Hospital in Kolkata. Despite the threat, the doctor continued her duties and later discussed the incident with other staff members. He also mentioned that on Sunday, the doctors approached the Chief Medical Officer of Health, demanding the man be punished and calling for enhanced security for healthcare staff. Kolkata Trainee Doctor Rape-Murder Case: ‘Hairclip Near Private Parts’ Chilling Details Emerge in Inquest Report, Mamata Banerjee Vows To Seek Death Penalty for Accused Sanjay Roy.

Currently, the Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) initiated a nationwide strike on Monday, August 12, with doctors gathering outside hospitals nationwide to demand justice for the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College. The accused, Sanjay Roy, has been arrested in the case, and the investigation is going on. Further, amid growing outrage over the rape and murder of a doctor at a government hospital, Prof. (Dr.) Sandip Ghosh, principal of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital, resigned from his position on Monday morning.

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