‘We failed her in life but …’: IMA chief pens heartfelt letter amid growing protests for doctors’ safety | India News – MASHAHER

NEW DELHI: Indian Medical Association president Dr RV Asokan on Sunday penned down an emotion letter amid growing protests for doctors’ safety after a postgraduate trainee doctor was allegedly raped and murdered at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata while on duty last week.
“We failed her in life but, we as a nation did not let her down in death.It is difficult to capture the mood of the nation. Anger revulsion frustration helplessness,” the letter read
“For once India understood her doctors correctly. She was on 36 hours duty. Had dinner at 2 am before retiring to the makeshift beds in the seminar room adjacent to the ward. Only daughter of a lower middle-class parents. The orphaned doctor name plate at the entry remaining the vestige of the family pride. Simple archetypical Indian parents. Inconsolable. Lost the meaning and purpose of life. Innocent and naive with the trust like children. The streets were empty. Fear hung in the air. Few conscientious youth protested in a corner. Strange eerie silence,” he added.

Asokan also claimed that the death of the trainee doctor has sparked a huge outrage among the medical professionals and assured that the doctors’ body will continue to lead the protest across the country.
“She had lit a million candles. Thousands of war drums reverberated. Every Indian family lost their daughter. Mothers boiled. Fathers wept silently.
First out were the residents. Next seven days they never slept. Used to 100 hour a week. Their vigil and firepower the only hope of the nation. They chiseled the Resistance,” he said.
“IMA. Born in the fire of freedom struggle. The fire still burns. Conscience keeper to the profession. Rooted in all districts. Rearguards of the Residents. Anchors,” he added.
The semi-naked body of the 32-year-old woman was found on August 9 morning in the seminar hall of the government-run hospital in the West Bengal capital.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA), the largest organization of doctors in the country, has spearheaded the push for justice for the murdered doctor. On Saturday, the IMA organized a nationwide strike, halting all non-essential medical services for 24 hours.
On Wednesday night, thousands of women took to the streets across the country, participating in “Reclaim The Night” marches to demand justice for the victim.