Kolkata: Three top officials of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata have been removed by the West Bengal government, bowing to the demand of junior doctors who have been protesting against the alleged rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee in the state-run health facility.
Professor Dr Suhrita Paul, who was appointed principal of the medical college after its former head Dr Sandip Ghosh stepped down, has been removed. Professor Dr Manas Kumar Bandopadhyay is the new principal.
As per doctor's demand, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital's former principal doctor Sandip Ghosh, who was shifted to Calcutta National Medical College and Hospital as its principal, was also removed from that position, Health Secretary NS Nigam said. The three senior officials of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital (RGKMCH) were transferred to various state-run health facilities, he said.
According to an order issued on Wednesday evening, Prof (Dr) Bulbul Mukhopadhyay, the Medical Superintendent and Vice Principal of the RG Kar MCH, was replaced by Saptarshi Chatterjee with immediate effect. Manas Kumar Bandyopadhyay was named the new principal of RG Kar MCH, replacing Suhrita Paul, who was made the principal of the Barasat Government Medical College and Hospital, it said.
RGKMCH's chest medicine department head Arunabha Datta Chaudhuri was transferred to the Malda Medical College and Hospital, according to the order. "As per demands of the junior doctors, we are bringing in some changes for which we have no objection. We want normalcy to be back and healthcare services to be regularised. Security arrangements have also been enhanced," Nigam told reporters.
The junior doctors of RGKMCH have been continuing their cease work since August 9 evening, protesting against the alleged rape and murder of the woman medic and demanding justice for her.
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