Indian doctors demand tougher laws after a colleague was raped and killed at a hospital

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Indian doctors demand tougher laws after a colleague was ****** and ******* at a hospital

NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of doctors protested near India’s health ministry Monday as they demanded stringent laws to protect health care workers from ********* and sought justice for their colleague who was ****** and ******* at a state-run hospital.

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— who were holding up placards like “Justice delayed is justice denied” — were stopped by the police as they tried to set up free outpatient services to patients outside the health ministry in New Delhi,

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and rallies held for more than a week.

Doctors and medics across India have held protests, candlelight marches and temporarily refused to see non-emergency patients after the

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doctor on Aug. 9 in the eastern city of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal state.

The protesting doctors say the ******** highlights the vulnerability of medics and health care workers in hospitals and medical campuses across India. They are demanding stronger laws to protect them from *********, including making any ******* on on-duty medics an offense without the possibility of bail, increase in security at hospitals and safe spaces for them to rest.

The government has asked doctors to return to duty and said it will set up a committee to look into their demands.

The ***** and ******** of the ******** doctor at Kolkata city’s R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital has also focused rage on the chronic issue of

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and led to protests across India.

A police volunteer working at the hospital has been arrested and charged with the ******, but the family of the victim alleges it was a gang ***** and more people were involved. Federal investigators are handling the case.

Thousands of people, particularly women, have also marched in the streets of Kolkata demanding justice for the doctor, saying her ******** has highlighted how women in India continue to face rising ********* despite tough laws following the

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on a moving bus in Delhi in 2012.

That ******* had inspired lawmakers to order harsher penalties for such *******, as well as the creation of fast-track courts dedicated to ***** cases. The government also introduced the ****** penalty for repeat offenders.

Despite tougher laws, ******* ********* against women has remained a widespread problem in India.

In 2022, police recorded 31,516 reports of ***** — a 20% jump from 2021, according to the National ****** Records Bureau.

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