Supreme Court-appointed 10-member National Task Force (NTF), constituted to formulate a protocol for ensuring Doctors' safety and security is scheduled to convene its first meeting today, the sources cited.
NTF was constituted the previous week after SC took suo moto cognisance of the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital which sparked widespread protests including by healthcare staff, impacting medical services.
The cabinet secretary, home secretary, health secretary, National Medical Commission chairperson, and the National Board of Examinations president shall be the ex-officio members of NTF, affirmed the country's apex court.
Below is the list of NTF members:
- Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin
- Director General (Medical Services, Navy)
- Dr D Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman and Managing Director of Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals, Hyderabad
- Dr M Srinivas, the Director of AIIMS-Delhi
- Dr Pratima Murthy, the Director of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru
- Dr Goverdhan Dutt Puri, AIIMS Jodhpur Executive Director
- Dr Saumitra Rawat, Chairperson, Institute of Surgical Gastroenterology, GI and HPB Onco-Surgery and Liver Transplantation and Member, Board of Management, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi
- Professor Anita Saxena, Vice-Chancellor of Pandit B D Sharma Medical University, Rohtak
- Dr Pallavi Saple, Dean, Grant Medical College and Sir JJ Group of Hospitals, Mumbai
- Dr Padma Srivastava, former professor at the Department of Neurology, AIIMS-Delhi.
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