Her dreams brutally killed: Kolkata doctor’s mother writes note on Teachers’ Day
“Because she got good teachers like you, she was able to become a doctor… However, her dreams were brutally strangled,” the mother of the trainee doctor.
Who was raped and killed at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata wrote in a heartfelt letter on Teachers’ Day. In an open letter, the mother of the victim thanked all the teachers for helping her daughter achieve her dream of becoming a doctor. “I salute all her teachers on behalf of my daughter. She had a dream of becoming a doctor since childhood. You were the driving force behind that dream,” she said.
“My daughter used to say, ‘I don’t need money. I just want lots of degrees next to my name. And may I heal as many patients as possible’,” she wrote.
The body of the 31-year-old doctor was found at the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9, sparking nationwide protests. Doctors across the country also went on strike demanding safety at workplaces.
A civic volunteer attached to the Kolkata Police, named Sanjay Roy, was arrested a day later. The case has been handed over to the CBI even though protests have refused to die down.
‘ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE TO DESTROY ALL EVIDENCE’
Speaking on the day of the incident, the victim’s mother said her daughter had served many patients in the hospital, but she was brutally killed by miscreants while on duty.
“Even on that day, when she went out of the house, she served many patients in the hospital. However, her dreams were brutally strangled. The dream of becoming a gold medallist in MD, written that night, remains elusive. Even after this heinous incident, all arrangements were made to destroy all the evidence by the hospital authorities and the administration,” she said.
A diary found near her body revealed that she harboured dreams of winning a gold medal and other big honours in the medical field.
There have also been allegations that renovation work was ordered near the crime scene to destroy evidence – a charge refuted by the government.
India Today has exclusively accessed a letter written by Sandip Ghosh, former RG Kar Hospital principal, on August 10 to the PWD, asking them for renovation and reconstruction of on-duty doctors’ rooms in all departments of the institution.
Seeking justice for her daughter, she further said, “As the mother, I humbly request all medical college teachers, doctors, health authorities, nursing staff to bring forward any information and evidence regarding the incident. The silence of some good people emboldens criminals.”