Protesters have been turning up in numbers this week under the slogan “No Safety, No Duty.” The words say it all: to have guaranteed safety at the workplace. Employment safety at work, in everyday life, and seeking justice is the objective of the protests. 

The striking doctors have ignored the Supreme Court’s orders to resume work this week. Protestors have also rejected the opportunity to negotiate with CM Mamata Banerjee. 

At RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, a young doctor was raped and murdered, exhibiting a heinous crime. In response, junior doctors in Kolkata have said that they would not stop their protest. A woman who worked 36 hours as a junior doctor at the government-run RG Kar medical college and hospital dozed off at the appointment of a seminar. Her lifeless body, which was found severely battered, was discovered by her colleagues the next morning. Doctors are demanding that the government and judiciary understand that their demonstration is part of the large people’s movement. 

A massive demonstration for “No Safety, No Duty” took place in Kolkata on Monday night under the campaign “9-9-9.” At 9 o’clock at night, people gathered at different places. For instance, Bally, Mandirtala, Jadavpur 8B terminus, Esplanade, New Town, and Shyambazar. They demanded that the young doctor should be given justice soon, and at the same time they sang the national anthem. 

The junior doctors did not only vent out their frustrations regarding the Parity on the legal system but also accused the West Bengal government of submitting false information in an affidavit that was presented before the Supreme Court. The state health department reported that 23 patients have died due to the on-going strike. The doctors, however, strongly dismissed the argument. They stated that the healthcare system has not collapsed as it has been made to be perceived. They said none of the hospitals are completely non-functional due to our protest. 

The IMA branch of Bengal came forward in support of the junior doctors’ strike. The IMA said the portrayal of junior doctors as the cause behind strike-related deaths is actually false and misleading in a statement. released by the organization and urged that the real issue should not be the condemnation of the protest but the quest for justice. 

The colleagues first told the parents of the girl that she had died due to a sickness; the next was that she killed herself, and only later due to imense pressure they admitted that she was raped and then murdered.

The Police Officers and the Representatives from the West Bengal State Government who first handled the case are being accused of performing the investigation improperly and not sealing the crime scene.
 
The striking doctors have now demanded a 30-member committee to negotiate with West Bengal Chief Minister Banerjee and also demanded a live telecast of the meeting.

The demonstrators also want several officials of the state health department and Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal to resign. Further, they have demanded that every medical college committee that makes decisions should go for an election.