Panaji, Aug 17 (PTI) Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday berated the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal for the “shameful mishandling” of the brutal rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s R G Kar Hospital.
“A call to ensure a safe and respectful environment for our Doctors & Women! I strongly condemn the shameful mishandling of the horrific incident at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata by their State Government,” said Sawant, himself an Ayurveda doctor by training, in a post on X.
Members of the Indian Medical Association’s Goa unit, meanwhile, joined the nationwide strike in protest against the Kolkata incident from 6 in the morning.
The strike — with most government and private doctors taking part in it — will continue till 6 am on Sunday.
Junior and senior resident doctors at the state-run Goa Medical College and Hospital struck work from Friday afternoon. PTI RPS KRK
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