Public hospitals in Ahmedabad step up security amid Kolkata rape case

Public hospitals in Ahmedabad have started to strengthen their security following the mob attack on R G Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata late Wednesday following the rape and murder of a junior doctor at the hospital premises.

In one of the most significant steps taken towards the security of woman doctors, especially students living on the Medicity campus in Ahmedabad, where the state’s biggest civil hospital is located, SHE Team personnel have been deployed next to the women’s hostel.

Also, women constables will now accompany doctors to the hospital during late hours.

The massive 110-acre campus, which includes the Ahmedabad Civil Hospital (CHA), the Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre (IKDRC), the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre (UNMICRC) and Gujarat Cancer Research Institute (GCRI) among other ancillary institutions like the M&J Institute of Ophthalmology, the Government Dental College and Government Spine Institute, is the largest medical facility on the western coast of India.