Nationwide outrage has erupted in support of the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered in a State-run hospital in Kolkata last week. On Friday, healthcare workers took out a massive protest march at India Gate and other parts of the city, seeking justice for the victim and demanding strictier laws for safety of health staff, including doctors, at workplace.
The evening march towards India Gate brought back memories of the Nirbhaya case when hundreds of thousands of Delhiites had hit the streets to seek harshest punishment for the perpetrators of the crime.
However, the police stopped the protesting doctors from making their way to the India Gate from Safdarjung hospital. Anyhow some managed to arrive at the site carrying placards: “Mahila apna haq mangti, nahi kisi se bheek mangti’ and ‘ek do teen char, band karo ye atyachar.”