JIPMER doctors to continue strike

JRDA continues indefinite boycott for safety demands, raises awareness on healthcare worker protection laws, plans rally and blood donation drive.

The JIPMER Resident Doctors’ Association (JRDA) has announced that it would continue with the boycott of non-emergency services condemning the rape-murder of a PG trainee at a Kolkata hospital that entered the seventh day on Sunday until a set of key demands on safety and security at the workplace is implemented.

On Sunday, scores of medicos gathered in front of the screening OPD to raise awareness on the Central Protection Act and other laws in the Constitution related to the protection of health care workers and workplace safety, especially for women.

Speakers pointed to existing committees in JIPMER and ways to ensure safety in workplace for all health care workers, especially women.

Pamphlets on the cause were distributed among the patients and attenders in the hospital. . 

Later, protestors joined hands and stood in a human formation highlighting the message “JIPMER | We want justice | #RGkar” at the JIPMER grounds to express solidarity with the nationwide struggle for justice..

Besides the JRDA, members from JIPMER Students’ Association and Faculty Association were present.

The JRDA issued a statement saying that while it understood the impact that the strike could have on the community and patients, it was forced to continue the struggle to “secure changes that will enhance our working environment and improve patient care”.