R-G-Kar-hospital- case: A test for abilities of Courts & Govt. Agencies to deliver- ‘NOT TOKEN JUSTICE’           

    #Kolkata-R-G-Kar-murder case has not only exposed the cruel injustice doctors work with, but also the inability of system to provide them justice.  It also exposes the law-and-order issues and poor capability of enforcing agencies to provide justice to common man.  

    In real terms, it is not a problem for only doctors, but such poor law and order is a problem of masses and affects all common people.

     Doctors working with routine injustice whole those years looks trivial as compared to cruelty inflicted on lady doctor during this incident. But strangely, still the doctors of R G Kar hospital are facing a kind of oppression and moral blackmail. They have become more insecure and unsure about whether they will get fair justice. To continue the protest for their genuine demands is getting difficult. Even when justice is still far and distant as it can be, they may face punitive action of worst kind. There is only a faint hope of real justice left although ‘token justice’ of temporary nature may be a possibility at the best.

Overall, a complex scenario for doctors. There is increasing discontentment amongst doctors because of complex and punishing system. They are supposed to see large number of patients with fewer staff and nursing support while still giving excellent care in these circumstances. And if these were not enough, the fear of courts and medico-legal cases, verbal threats, abuses, and physical assaults and show of distrust by patient and relatives further makes working difficult. Additionally, there may be bullying by certain administrative systems at places, who use pressure tactics to get their own way.

          They are regulated in a way- no one else is. Judiciary, police, government agencies and every one else are not accountable for most of their blunders, but doctors are. But still- in such cases, everyone is looking at Supreme court and Government agencies, about whether they can deliver justice in such high-profile cases, when very powerful people are involved.  Will supreme sacrifice of a young lady doctor be enough to shake up the system? Was it enough for the courts and powerful agencies to show and utilize their power in best manner?  Was the animal behaviour of the accused has made courts and powerful enforcement agencies to get up and go beyond the “CULTURE OF TOKEN JUSTICE” and not merely catching scapegoats?

     Common masses are curious about performance of Supreme court and Government agencies and expect to deliver real justice.

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