Overview
- Resident doctors at Dr R N Cooper Hospital ended a three‑day mass leave and resumed duties after receiving written assurances from senior BMC officials, according to the MARD unit.
- The undertaking includes deploying Maharashtra Security Force personnel at Cooper within a maximum of three months, with interim measures raising on‑site staffing to 24 security guards and restoring alarm systems and communications.
- Fortnightly review meetings chaired by the Deputy Municipal Commissioner (Public Health) will monitor implementation to ensure the promised protections are delivered.
- The BMC has begun a citywide security review across civic hospitals, requested hospital‑specific upgrades, and terminated three security guards who were on duty during the Cooper incident following an internal review.
- Police said notices have been issued to accused relative Sameer Abdul Jabbar Shaikh as per the FIR, even as resident doctors continue to seek firm legal accountability and durable safeguards.