Kolkata Doctor's Rape-Murder : Live Updates From Supreme Court | RG Kar Hospital Case

J Pardiwala : at a time at a given shift how many resident doctors work?

Sibal: I will find out

CJI: total how may public hospitals in calcutta? 737?

Sibal: we will find out

Luthra explains that several doctors are facing bullying and threats. some doctors are giving voluntary treatment outside the hospital, - for women doctors should get toilets, rooms to rest and safety precautions

CJI: we can record that if doctors resume to work, no adverse action but if they do not resume work as doctors then we cannot restrain state govt from taking actions

CJI: do we record that on assurance of all counsels for doctors, that they will return and not abstain ?

Luthra: senior doctors , 200 odd are on duty, but junior doctors are not on duty, the ones not on duty in calcutta and periphery, people are getting threats- they say we know your father is in govt job etc 

Sibal : protests are happening all over the place without police permissions, what do we do ? this is now turning into something else, 41 police members effects, one permanently lost his eye, police is being denied treatment

Sibal submits - 23 people dead since doctors not coming back to work, 6000 people affected - they don't go to work, lordship said last time they must go back to work, therefore lordships should indicate that if they don't go back to work proceedings be initiated

CJI: tell us by next day on what steps on ground are taken. Let the district collectors engage with the heads of the medical colleges and ensure steps are taken by the next week

CJI: if 4447 CCTV cameras where there installed, then why would this incident take place?

CJI: tell us at RG Kar what equipment has been installed? not just the funds , what progression took place? 

CJI; we would expect the WB to file on record the safety measures on site even before the NTF filed its report

Sibal refers to health department report 

Counsel: distress calls and CCTV be installed in all hospitals; (2) management of the hospital should be the complainant; (3) there should be some badge or wrist to ring alarm in case of violent incident