MA India Orders The Establishment Of A Doctor's Safety Task Force To Prevent Rape

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JAKARTA - India's Supreme Court ordered the establishment of a national doctor task force to make recommendations on safety in their workplace following the rape and murder of a 31-year-old intern.

The court also asked federal police to submit a report on Thursday, August 22, regarding the status of an investigation into the killing of a training participant doctor on August 9 at a government-owned hospital in the eastern city of Kolkata.

Doctors across India staged protests and refused to meet non-emergency patients following the crime as part of their actions demanding safer workplaces and rapid criminal investigations.

A police volunteer was arrested and charged with the crime.

Female activists said the incident highlighted how women in India continue to suffer from sexual violence despite stricter laws imposed after the massive rape and murder of a 23-year-old student on a bus in New Delhi in 2012.