The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has demanded a special central law to prevent attacks and violence on medical staff. For this, the IMA has written a letter to the Union Health Minister demanding that hospitals be declared safe places.
Resident doctors of government hospitals across the country protested and went on strike on Monday over the recent rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee in Kolkata. The association said that 25 states have laws on attacks on doctors and hospitals but these laws do not seem to have any effect.
In a letter to the Union minister, the IMA said, "The attacks on medical personnel are the reason for the absence of a special central act. We request you to reconsider introducing the draft Healthcare Personnel and Clinical Establishments (Prohibition of Violence and Damage to Property) Bill, 2019, incorporating amendments to the Epidemic Diseases Act 1897, as approved and passed by Parliament in the Epidemic Diseases (Amendment) Act, 2020."

The IMA on Saturday gave a 48-hour ultimatum to the authorities to arrest the culprits in the Kolkata case and warned of a nationwide agitation.

Junior doctors said - why did the CM set a seven-day deadline

Junior doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on Monday questioned why West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has set a seven-day deadline to solve the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor. They said they would continue their strike until their demands were met.

What are the three major demands of the Indian Medical Association Demands?
The IMA has made the following demands from the West Bengal state government, the first demand being that the case be investigated impartially and the culprits be punished. The second demand is that there should be a detailed investigation into the circumstances that made the crime possible. The third demand is that immediate steps should be taken to improve the safety of doctors, especially women, at the workplace.