Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) was filed in the Calcutta High Court on Monday regarding the death of a Dum Dum resident after he was trapped in an elevator at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The petition alleges negligence and seeks a CBI investigation into the incident.The Division Bench, headed by Chief Justice Sujoy Paul, has granted permission to file the case. The matter is scheduled to be heard on March 27.On Monday, social activist Vijay Kumar Singhal fil…
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Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Fresh allegations of mismanagement have surfaced at the Trauma Care Unit of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. The family of a patient on Monday claimed that he died due to the hospital’s mismanagement while seeking medical treatment. It is alleged that the patient was not even provided with a stretcher to go to the restroom. The middle-aged man, identified as Biswajit Samanta, collapsed while attempting to walk there and passed away shortly thereafter last night.Famil…
Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) A forensic team visited RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Saturday and collected samples from the elevator that malfunctioned, killing a man on March 20.The forensic team is trying to ascertain why the elevator in the Trauma Care building at RG Kar spiralled out of control and what exactly caused the mechanical failure. The team is also attempting to determine whether the elevator malfunctioned as a result of multiple buttons being pressed simultaneously.Arup Banerj…
Kolkata, Feb 27 (IANS) The family members of Pulak Haldar, a final-year student of Kalyani Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Hospital and Medical College in West Bengal’s Nadia district, whose decomposed body was recovered from the hostel room, have claimed that he was murdered.The autopsy of the medical student’s body will be conducted on Friday, and only after that will the medical reasons behind the death be ascertained, said an investigating officer in the case.According to Sudhanshu Haldar, the fat…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) The father of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder victim on Thursday questioned the role of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is currently probing the case, and expressed dissatisfaction with the progress of the investigation.Speaking to reporters after the hearing at the Sealdah court, the victim’s father said he believed assigning the investigation to the CBI had been a mistake. “It was a mistake to give the CBI the responsibility o…
Kolkata, Feb 17 (IANS) The ‘whistle-blower’ of RG Kar’s financial irregularities, Akhtar Ali, is in more trouble as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is going to frame charges against him. The central investigation agency filed an application in the Alipore CBI court on Tuesday in this regard. The court has allowed the agency to frame charges against him. According to the CBI, charges will be framed against the accused Akhtar Ali on February 25. The court also directed that Akhtar Ali wi…
Kolkata, Feb 9 (IANS) Days after saying that he would surrender before the Special CBI Court, former Deputy Superintendent of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, Akhtar Ali, on Monday did not show up at the court.Even after the scheduled time of 11:00 a.m., there was no sign of him.Meanwhile, the CBI investigating officers and lawyers waited for Akhtar in the court premises, but he was nowhere to be seen. After Monday’s absence, it is not clear whether he will surrender before the court on Tues…
Kolkata, Jan 14 (IANS) Serious allegations of medical negligence have surfaced at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata after a woman died during her treatment, prompting her family to protestThe hospital premises witnessed protests and chaos in the night following the death of an elderly woman. The deceased was identified as Jaibun Nisha (65), a resident of Belgachia in North Kolkata. Her family members erupted in protest, alleging that she died after being left unattended for a long t…
Kolkata, Jan 6 (IANS) Following the announcement made by junior doctor Aniket Mahato, one of the prominent faces seeking justice in the RG Kar rape-murder case, regarding his decision to withdraw from his Senior Resident (SR-ship) position last week, he has now reached out to the public for financial assistance to cover the government bond amounting to Rs 30 lakh.Mahato published a QR code on social media on Monday night after resigning from his Senior Residency earlier in the day.The QR code co…
Kolkata, Dec 23 (IANS) A controversy has erupted at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital following allegations of ragging of first-year students by seniors at one of its hostels.According to medical college sources, second-year students are accused of harassing freshers under the pretext of “introductions.” The college authorities are said to be closely monitoring the situation.RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has been under intense public scrutiny since the 2024 rape and murder of a postg…