Healthcare Protests in West Bengal: Doctors Demand Justice

The CBI, investigating the rape-murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Hospital, received court approval for a polygraph test on the accused. The incident has led to widespread protests by healthcare professionals across West Bengal, who demand swift justice. The protests have escalated, impacting healthcare services in the state.

The CBI, probing the rape-murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, has been granted permission to conduct a polygraph test on the accused, a civic volunteer in the agency's custody. Protests continue to disrupt healthcare services in state-run hospitals across West Bengal for the eleventh straight day.

The CBI, tasked by the Calcutta High Court to probe the case, received local court approval to conduct a polygraph test on the accused, days after performing a psychoanalysis test on him.

The protests escalated on Monday as senior doctors Kunal Sarkar and Subarna Goswami, who had posted about the incident on social media, appeared before police after leading a march of hundreds of healthcare professionals from Calcutta Medical College to Kolkata Police headquarters, where they were stopped near Phears Lane-BB Ganguly Street and escorted inside by senior officers.