Authorities of state-run R G Kar Medical College and Hospital, Kolkata, issued a notification today that they have chosen to expel as many as 10 doctors-internal, house staff, and senior residents from the hospital.
All 10 of them, sources said, were extremely close confidants of Sandip Ghosh, the former and controversial principal of R.G. Kar, against whom the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is conducting two parallel probes — the first being in relation to the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of the hospital in August this year and the second being gross financial irregularities.
Of the 10, one is house staff, Ashish Pandey, who is already in CBI custody due to his alleged involvement in the financial irregularities case.
Ayushree Thapa is one of the house staff - she is the only female doctor in the team of 10 expelled doctors.
The rest eight expelled ones are - Sourav Pal, Abhishek Sen, Nirjan Bagchi, Sarif Hasan, Neelagni Debnath, Amarendra Singh, Satpal Singh, and Tanweer Ahmed Kazi.
As per the notice, a copy of which is also with IANS, the allegations against them are far too many, including threatening others to fail in examinations or get ousted from hostel, forcing other juniors joining a particular political party, sexual harassment and misconduct, forceful collection of money, lodging of false FIRs against students, physical violence on targeted students among others.
All of them have been asked to vacate the hostel of medical college within 72 hours from the date of issuance of notification. Their registration papers are going to be scrutinized and then send across to the West Bengal Medical Council for further suitable action over there.
Already, the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front (WBJDF), the umbrella body spearheading the movement over the rape and murder case, announced on Saturday evening a unique protest where they will be giving medical services to the patients and observe fast-unto-death agitation in a parallel manner.
Accordingly, six junior students from different medical colleges and hospitals - three female and three male - have responded to take on the process, and all six have been on hunger strike since Saturday evening.
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