Patients flocked in huge numbers to the emergency, trauma, and OPD buildings of the RGKMCH as the hospital and its doctors picked up the pieces from the aftermath of the rape and murder.

Rahman Ali Mushtaq, a patient who came to visit the orthopaedic outpatient department (OPD) at RGKMCH after almost 50 days, said, “I was waiting to visit a doctor. But due to the cease-work protests, I couldn’t come. I saw in the news that doctors have resumed work, so I have come now.”

Resident doctors from the government medical colleges have also started Abhaya Clinics in the flood-affected areas of West Bengal, where they are giving medical advice for free. They also distribute food, water, and other essential items, which they received from civil societies, to the flood-affected people.

At an Abhaya Clinic set up at Keshpur in Paschim Medinipur district, a severely flood-affected area, more than 30 junior doctors attended to patients. They wrote prescriptions in specially printed prescription pads which read, “We want justice for RG Kar”.

the slogans and graffiti on the roads in front of Swastha Bhawan, headquarters of the State Health Department, where the doctors held a 10-day long sit-in demonstration, were being removed. Fresh coatings of colour have been given to the streets and walls to cover the remains of the protest. The protesting doctors said, “They can remove our slogans from the roads and walls, but they will never be able to remove the cause from our hearts.”

In the meantime, the slogans and graffiti on the roads in front of Swastha Bhawan, headquarters of the State Health Department, where the doctors held a 10-day long sit-in demonstration, were being removed. Fresh coatings of colour have been given to the streets and walls to cover the remains of the protest. The protesting doctors said, “They can remove our slogans from the roads and walls, but they will never be able to remove the cause from our hearts.”

At an Abhaya Clinic set up at Keshpur in Paschim Medinipur district, a severely flood-affected area, more than 30 junior doctors attended to patients. They wrote prescriptions in specially printed prescription pads which read, “We want justice for RG Kar”.

Resident doctors from the government medical colleges have also started Abhaya Clinics in the flood-affected areas of West Bengal, where they are giving medical advice for free. They also distribute food, water, and other essential items, which they received from civil societies, to the flood-affected people.

Patients flocked in huge numbers to the emergency, trauma, and OPD buildings of the RGKMCH as the hospital and its doctors picked up the pieces from the aftermath of the rape and murder. Rahman Ali Mushtaq, a patient who came to visit the orthopaedic outpatient department (OPD) at RGKMCH after almost 50 days, said, “I was waiting to visit a doctor. But due to the cease-work protests, I couldn’t come. I saw in the news that doctors have resumed work, so I have come now.” Resident doctors from

Dr. Pramanick, who has been vocal about the alleged wrongdoings at the RGKMCH, also spoke on the threat culture at the institute. He said, “Whoever worked in this hospital has been a victim of threats, including me. We doctors have nowhere to turn to. We cannot trust the police anymore; they did not save us when the mob attacked us. Now that we all resume duties, we are not sure who will protect us if something happens [to us hereafter].”