After back-to-back incidents of assault inside State-run hospitals, the West Bengal government on Saturday (October 25, 2025) held a meeting where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed her anguish over CCTV monitoring and directed that security staff in the hospitals are not allowed to enter without proper photo identification cards.

While the rape and murder of a doctor at R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in August 2024 had triggered massive protests, several incidents, including threats and sexual assault on doctors, hospital staff, and patients, had surfaced in state-run hospitals in Kolkata and districts.

On October 20, a female doctor was assaulted by a patient’s family at Uluberia Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay Government Medical College and Hospital. The accused men, on

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