An outpouring of public grief, anger and condemnation swamped the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government in the bleak aftermath of the workplace murder of young house surgeon Vandana Das at the Kottarakara taluk hospital early on Wednesday.
As the grim news spread, medical professionals and Opposition parties took to the streets in droves across the State, holding the Health department and the police accountable for the doctor’s killing. They also renewed their call for better protection of hospitals. The high-voltage anti-government protests threw the functioning of hospitals out of gear temporarily.
Doctors’ organisations questioned why the police had not handcuffed the assailant when they escorted him to the hospital. They alleged that the officers fled in the face of the knife attack.
