Kolkata doctors’ protest: Outrage over video of ‘rusty’ surgical tools, TMC says bid to tarnish image

They raised superior questions astir the prime of instrumentality and the wide cleanliness of the hospital’s operating rooms. Dr Manimoy Bandyopadhyay, Director IPGMER (SSKM Hospital), could not beryllium reached for comments.

A subordinate of the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front said, “We person said galore times that the state’s wellness strategy needs to beryllium overhauled since specified an incidental is not new. But this cannot beryllium allowed to continue. We are already protesting implicit the rape and execution of a colleague. First, we came crossed blood-stained gloves astatine RG Kar Hospital and present these rusted scissors. Is this an illustration of an improved infrastructure?”

The inferior doctors said if the rusty scissors were utilized connected the diligent corruption would dispersed successful her body. “It is claimed that we supply first-rate diligent attraction but that is not true. We person seen specified things successful the past excessively but we are becoming vocal astir these now,” different inferior doc said.

The incidental involving the “rusty” scissors comes connected the heels of blood-stained gloves being utilized astatine the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
Alleging that it is portion of an effort to tarnish the state’s healthcare system, immoderate leaders of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) suggested that the incidental whitethorn person been staged to discredit the authorities government’s efforts to amended healthcare facilities.

“Some inferior doctors don’t privation to enactment and lone mean to disrupt the state’s healthcare system. They are circulating pictures of stained gloves and rusty scissors. Who knows from wherever these scissors were brought from,” said TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh.

However, BJP person Samik Bhattacharya said, “Given the magnitude of chopped wealth (commission) the TMC takes it is not astonishing that hospitals person rusty scissors. It’s a authorities which has constructed ample introduction gates but is not adequately equipped to alteration adjacent bedsheets.”