On Friday (16th August), the Mamata Banerjee-led-Trinamool Congress government transferred two doctors from the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
In a notification [pdf] issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department, a total of 42 doctors were moved across the State by the government. The development came amid ongoing protests over the rape-murder of a junior doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The doctors who were removed from the healthcare institution included Sandipa Das and Sangeeta Pal. Coincidentally, Pal happens to be the wife of the ex-principal of RG Medical College and Hospital, Sandip Das (who had infamously dubbed the murder as ‘suicide’).
We strongly condemns @MamataOfficial @BengalGovernor unjust transfer of faculty members who supported our protest.These punitive measures will not silence our demands for justice and security.We stand united and resolute in our fight.@ANI @PTI_News @HMOIndia @PMOIndia @AmitShah pic.twitter.com/Ueklz8P7pb
— UNITED DOCTORS FRONT ASSOCIATION (@udfaindia) August 16, 2024
She was transferred from the Department of Microbiology at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata to that of the Government Medical College & Hospital in Jalpaiguri.
Another doctor named Supriya Das, who was an Assistant Professor at the Department of Radiology in RG Kar Medical College and Hospital was transferred to the same position at Malda College.
The decision was sharply criticised by the United Doctors Front Association (UDFA).
“We strongly condemn @MamataOfficial @BengalGovernor unjust transfer of faculty members who supported our protest.These punitive measures will not silence our demands for justice and security.We stand united and resolute in our fight,” it tweeted.
