Dr Chandramouli Jha (right), an ex-student of RG Kar, had protested against Dr Sandip Ghosh in 2021. (News18/PTI File)
News18 speaks to RG Kar Medical College and Hospital ex-students: “A racket was being run at RG Kar…It was medical mafia raj here,” ex-students said, amid the row over the rape-murder of trainee doctor
From paying bribe to become an in-house staff at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital to cancellation of registration for raising voice against any irregularity, ex-students are now speaking up about the reign of corruption and terror under Dr Sandip Ghosh, who has been arrested in the wake of the rape-murder of a trainee doctor on August 9.
“A racket was being run at RG Kar…It was medical mafia raj here,” ex-students tell News18.
Dr Chandramouli Jha, an ex-student of RG Kar, who is now trying for PG from Kolkata, had protested against Dr Ghosh in 2021.
“We had raised our voice against corruption and lack of proper hostel facilities. We went on a hunger strike, too. But our protest was nipped in the bud. Dr Ghosh got my registration cancelled. I had to move court to get the registration. There is a threat syndicate in RG Kar. If one wants to become in-house staff, they have to pay money to the Trinamool Chhatra Parishad (TMCP) or Trinamool Congress’s student wing. MLA Sudipto Roy is also a key player,” said Jha.
Dr Mainak from the same batch, too, faced a similar problem. He also protested and his registration was stopped.
Sources in the hospital claim that Ghosh use to run his own racket, with a section of students working for him. “Even to speak to Dr Sandip Ghosh, we had to go through the TMC students’ wing,” claimed some doctors.
From bio-waste trafficking to sale of corpses. Dr Ghosh is facing a range of allegations.
Financial irregularities at the hospital will be handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) by Saturday morning, acting on the order of the Calcutta High Court.
Doctors believe the financial irregularities are key and all those involved should be on the CBI radar.
HOSTELLERS STILL AFRAID AFTER AUGUST 14
The August 14 protest against the rape-murder took a violent turn with a mob vandalising the hospital premises. After the incident, several RG Kar hostellers left on August 15 morning. One such hosteller said she, too, had returned home. Although back now, she is now afraid.
“At least 80 per cent left the hospital hostel. Some are starting to return. We had a rally that night inside the hospital. We were attacked. While we hid inside the hostel, they were using foul language and were threatening. We spend that night in terror. Next day, I went back to my home in the district. Now I have come back, but there’s fear,” she said.
Another woman doctor told News18: “That night we had to hide under benches and in toilets. We did not go back, unlike many of us. It was horrible that night. We wanted our movement for justice to go on, which is why we stayed put, but a lot of people are not there in the hostel. We are living in fear.”
In the Supreme Court, too, during the hearing, a doctor stated that 70 health workers are feeling threatened.
While the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) has been deployed, they remain unconvinced .
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