Health department has issued a letter to district superintendents of police to enhance security in medical colleges under their jurisdiction.
Health department secretary Niharika Barik Singh issued the advisory on the directive of Health Minister T. S. Singhdeo.
The letter was issued to superintendents of police of Raipur, Bilaspur, Bastar, Rajnandgaon, Raigarh and Sarguja districts where there is a medical college.
The SPs were asked to enhance the number of personnel at police outposts established at medical colleges.
The letter also directs the police officer to send action taken report.
The advisory was issued in view of the recent incident of physical assault on junior doctor at on Monday at NRS Medical College, Kolkata and earlier reported incidents at hospitals in Chhattisgarh.
Doctors and students of the medical colleges too have raised the issue of their security. The letter to SPs by health department states that in medical colleges, on daily basis thousands of patients arrive in critical and highly-critical stage for treatment.
During the rush, sense of tension prevails between patients or those accompanying them and doctors. So, to tackle such a situation, there is a need for more personnel at outpost to prevent any untoward eventuality.