Chandigarh: PGI to install panic buttons for safety of female staff
Hindustan TimesAmid the outrage over the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, is set to install a hi-tech panic button system in the women’s duty rooms, floors and blocks across the campus to ensure their safety. PGIMER, Chandigarh, has compiled inputs and demands from doctors, residents, nurses, research scholars and paramedical staff on enhancing safety on this large campus where so many work night shifts and have to go from one department to another. The PGIMER has compiled inputs and demands from doctors, residents, nurses, research scholars and paramedical staff on enhancing safety on this large campus where so many work night shifts and have to go from one department to another. Among the issues pointed out were black spots on the campus, duty rooms for women staff in every area, need for more CCTV cameras in corridors and secluded areas, changing rooms for nursing staff, more security personnel, closure of thoroughfares and electronic cards.
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