While considering the suo-motu matter regarding the rape and murder of a PG trainee doctor at Kolkata-based RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, the Supreme Court bench comprising the Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra criticised the State Government’s recent policy of avoiding to assign night duties for women doctors and limiting their working hours to 12 hours.Medical Dialogues had earlier reported that while announcing a new initiative called “Rattirer Sathi” (night companion), the Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Principal Advisor Alapan Bandopadhyay had announced the State advisory to all the medical colleges and hospitals in the State asking them to avoid allotting night duties to women doctors.For more details click, the link belowSupreme Court Criticises Bengal Govt’s Policy Limiting Night Shifts for Women Doctors