'24x7 security, patrolling': Centre's directives for safety of doctors
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The Union Health Ministry has issued a series of directives to all states, aimed at ensuring the safety of healthcare workers and doctors. This move comes in response to widespread protests following the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. The ministry has communicated these guidelines through a letter addressed to chief secretaries and director general of police from each state.