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Governor CV Ananda Bose visits the RG Kar Hospital campus following the rampage and vandalization by miscreants on August 15 at midnight mayhem. The Governor went to the emergency building which was vandalized last night yesterday. He visited the emergency departments, which are inoperative, and other departments. Bose also went to nursing stations and spoke to the nurses.The Governor also went to the chest medicine ward and the seminar hall where the PG students was raped and murdered. The seminar hall remains sealed and police have claimed that it was secured. Bose spoke to the protesting students about last night's incident.Machines at the ICU and HDU were also broken. The machines in the Emergency building have been uprooted, lights and fans shattered, medical equipment and medicines scattered across the floor amid shards of glass and beds and IV drips overturned.

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate has sharply criticised the West Bengal government over the recent rape and murder of a female trainee doctor, questioning why the local administration allegedly attempted to cover up the crime. Speaking out on Thursday, the Congress leader condemned the violence that erupted at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata after the incident and expressed anguish over the administration's handling of the situation. «The incident was extremely unfortunate. What happened to the woman doctor raises a critical question: Where is the safety for women, who constitute half the population? What is happening to women in this country? Why did the local administration try to cover up the crime? The violence we saw yesterday is unacceptable and it is not the answer to anything,» Shrinate, the chairperson of social media and digital platforms in Congress' communication department, told ANI.

Karnataka and the Centre as the state health and medical education departments have decided to shut down Jan Aushadhi outlets in state government hospitals. This decision could add to the ongoing tensions between the state and Centre over various issues. Jan Aushadhi outlets provide quality generic drugs at affordable rates under the Centre's Pradhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi scheme. Currently, these outlets operate at a limited number of government facilities, including KC General Hospital in Bengaluru. However, health department officials have indicated plans to close them soon. This decision might aggravate existing disputes over authority over HMT Ltd land, repairs of the Tungabhadra dam crest gate, and Karnataka's share of the devolution of taxes. The Karnataka BJP has announced plans to launch an agitation in response to this decision. On the other hand, Congress functionaries argue that government hospitals offer medicines for free and that having Jan Aushadhi outlets on the premises could lead to corruption. Despite this, government officials clarified that they are not against Jan Aushadhi outlets located outside hospital premises.

Kolkata doctor rape case LIVE Updates: Amid protests demanding women's safety, RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, where a resident doctor was raped and murdered, was targeted by a massive mob during a demonstration. The Kolkata rape case has brought medical services to a standstill as students and doctors continue to demand justice for the resident PG doctor. Videos show a mob of dozens pushing their way in the emergency ward of the RG Kar Hospital and vandalising chairs.

RG Kar Medical College & Hospital at midnight with police taking refuge inside bathrooms and seeking help from nurses, the nurses of RG Kar Medical College & Hospital said on Thursday morning after they started protest demanding their safety and security. At least 18 departments, including Emergency department, ICU and HDU and even store room, male wards and bathrooms were vandalized and CCTV cameras were broken, sources told ET. Nurses protested vandalism from today morning as goons rampaged inside the wards at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Calcutta on Thursday morning, hours after unidentified miscreants ransacked medical establishments where a Medical PG student was raped and murdered last week. Nursing staff sits for protest seeking their safety and security. «Emergency department was completely rampaged. The medical equipment broken and the ICU attacked and several departments were vandalized. They are not in a state to provide services,» people in the know told ET.

RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the newly appointed principal, Suhrita Pal said on Thursday that she doesn't know anything about the people who initiated vandalism at the hospital. «If you know anything, please tell me. I don't know anything about them,» she said. Pal, speaking on Independence Day said, «I am going for flag hoisting. We should honour our national flag.»

RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on Thursday morning, hours after unidentified miscreants vandalised a part of the medical establishment where a woman doctor was found dead last week, police said. The vandalism took place amid midnight protests by women in various parts of the state against the alleged rape and murder of the doctor in the seminar hall of the hospital. «The goons entered the campus and beat up agitating doctors. This was an attempt to break our morale so that we back out from the protest. But such incidents have only strengthened our resolve to fight till the end,» said one of the protesting doctors. According to the police, nearly 40 people, masquerading as protestors, entered the hospital premises, vandalized property, and pelted the police personnel present with stones, prompting the force to burst tear gas shells to disperse the crowd.

Resident doctors at government hospitals in some states, including West Bengal and Delhi, continued their strike as various doctors' bodies differed over calling off the strike. The Federation of Resident Doctors' Association (FORDA) on Tuesday night called off its strike after meeting Union Health Minister J P Nadda. However, the medics at the central government-run AIIMS-Delhi, the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), and other Resident Doctors' Associations said that their stir would continue until a central law to curb attacks on medical personnel is implemented and a concrete solution found. In West Bengal, long queues were seen at outpatient department (OPD) ticket counters in government hospitals, where senior doctors joined their junior colleagues in the protest.

allegations of mishandling the rape-and-murder case of a woman trainee doctor, Kolkata Police issued two clarifications on Wednesday. «Reports of KP informing the family about a possible suicide are false. The family confirmed the call did not come from Kolkata Police.» The police also said that it did not cremate the body of deceased.

CBI headed by an additional director on Wednesday launched an investigation into the alleged rape and murder of a doctor at a state-run hospital in West Bengal. The agency has taken custody of the primary suspect, according to officials. The CBI has also registered an FIR in New Delhi under multiple sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) related to the case, a source within the agency revealed.

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Indian Medical Association (IMA) are likely to meet the agitating doctors at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata where the body of a woman trainee medico was found last week. IMA national president R V Asokan and its secretary general Anilkumar J Nayak reached the city on Tuesday night. «They may go to the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and talk to the junior doctors there,» said an association official. Later, they may meet the parents of the deceased doctor at their Panihati residence, he added.

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Apollo Hospitals on Wednesday rose 4.2% to its day’s high of Rs 6864.95 on BSE after the company on Tuesday reported a net profit of Rs 305 crore for the first quarter ended June 2024 against Rs 167 crore in the year-ago period. The company’s revenue from operations in the reporting period increased 15% year-on-year (YoY) to Rs 5,086 crore as against Rs 4,418 crore in the last year quarter.

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The CBI has also arrived with a specialised medical and forensic team from Delhi. On Tuesday, the Calcutta High Court ordered a CBI investigation into the sexual assault and murder of a woman post-graduate trainee (PGT) doctor on August 9.

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Pakistan-Bangladesh Test series has generated a lot of buzz. With ticket prices starting as low as PKR 50 or Rs 15, some netizens are saying that Pakistan Cricket Board should have distributed tickets for free, instead of pricing it at the rate of a samosa. This two-match Test series is a key fixture in the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25. The series kicks off with the first Test at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium (RCS) from August 21-25. The second Test will be held at the National Bank Stadium (NBS) in Karachi from August 30 to September 3.

RG Kar Medical College students' protest turned into a mass movement on Tuesday with actors, singers, intellectuals, senior doctors, political leaders and students of other universities joining the protest while demanding justice for the rape and murder of a second year Post-Graduate student last Friday. The huge protests were a reminder of the anti-Nandigram movement days. The medical students continued to protest across West Bengal and other parts of the country. Earlier today, doctors and medical students held protests at AIIMS Delhi and other hospitals after the Federation of All India Medical Association called for a nationwide shutdown of OPD services from Tuesday, showing solidarity against the doctor. They raised slogans and demanded justice for the murdered student.

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