Aiims asks docs to resume duties, forms panels to conduct security audits

The protesting doctors also demanded a central protection act for healthcare workers, along with a proper investigation into the Kolkata rape-murder

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, on Wednesday appealed to striking resident doctors to resume duties in the interest of patient care, saying a collaborative internal security audit will be conducted to assess safety and security measures within the campus.

Two committees were constituted to address safety issues at the institute.

Resident doctors of AIIMS have been on strike demanding a central legislation for the protection of healthcare workers following the alleged rape and murder of a woman trainee doctor at a state-run medical college and hospital in Kolkata earlier this month.

Dr M Srinivas, director, AIIMS New Delhi, said the AIIMS family stands behind the cause of safety of healthcare professionals at the premier hospital.

 

“However, as doctors, our supreme duty is to ensure that patients visiting our portals do not go unattended,” he added.

The first committee will be chaired by the Dean (academics) of AIIMS and look into the immediate concerns of healthcare professionals. 

A 15-member second committee will undertake internal security audits at AIIMS and its outreach campuses with regard to the safety and security of healthcare professionals, staff, patients and visitors.

“The committee is requested to deliberate in detail regarding any additional safety and security measures required in the AIIMS campuses and submit its recommendations to the undersigned at the earliest for speedy implementation”, the letter said. 

The AIIMS administration has also decided to install Al-enabled CCTV cameras at key entry and exit points of its mother and child block on a pilot basis.

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A day after the Supreme Court ordered the deployment of CISF at Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, a team of the central paramilitary force on Wednesday visited the state-run medical establishment and inspected the security arrangements.

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The Union home ministry wrote to the West Bengal chief secretary seeking deployment of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, sources said.

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West Bengal Governor CV Ananda Bose visited the residence of the woman doctor who was raped and murdered at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, and spoke to her parents.