Hours after a frenzied mob vandalised the premises of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the nursing staff of the healthcare institution on Thursday (15th August) exposed how police went into hiding instead of confronting the attackers.
A nurse, dressed in white apron, told ABP Ananda, “Emon o hoyeche je unnara bathroom e dhuke boleche je amader lokanor jaiga din (It has happened that the cops entered the bathroom and asked us to provide space to hide).”
“Amader ward e eshe bolche amder lokanor jaiga din (They came to our ward and told us to provide a hideout),” the woman narrated. She confirmed that the cops were hiding instead of stopping vandalism at the hospital.
She was taken aback after being told by the police that her safety was her responsibility.
“Amra jokhon akhon bolchi authority ke emon obostha keno holo, tokhon authority amader bolche – tomader safety tomader haathe (Now when we asked authorities why this happened, they told us that our safety was our responsibility),” the nursing staffer lamented.
Mob attack on RG Kar Medical College and Hospital
On Thursday (15th August) night, a mob of 50-odd men laid siege at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The goons carried out attacks against the protesting doctors demanding justice for the rape and murder of a female trainee doctor.
In videos that have now surfaced on social media, the mob was seen vandalising the hospital premises, damaging police vehicles and physically attacking doctors present there. The attackers were also involved in stone pelting.
According to reports, the mob entered were standing outside the hospital and then suddenly barged into the premises. They broke into the emergency ward of the hospital and destroyed the furniture and medicine stocks.
According to the protesting doctors, the mayhem unleashed by the goons lasted for about an hour. In the meantime, Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal has accused online media outlets and social media accounts of instigating the unprovoked attack by the mob.
