In response to “recent shameful events which has shook the nation,” of murder-rape of a female doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) under the Government of the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi issued an urgent notice on August 20, 2024.
The notice issued an advisory for all the medical directors/medical superintendents.
The notice directs that a committee under the chairmanship of the Medical Directors should be formed, with senior doctors and representatives of doctors and nurses, to prepare a security plan for the hospital. This would involve specific measures to protect medical professionals from guests or patients family during emergency situations and at the casualty scene at the premise of the hospital.

Emphasising the Code Violet, which refers to an emergency situation where there is an immediate threat or act of violence within the healthcare facility, the notice read, “The security plan must include “Code Violet” and potential preparation and training for all the doctors and peripheral staff.” Moreover, the notification stated that the hospital’s security plan needed to be disclosed to the district’s deputy commissioner of police of the concerned district.
In its final paragraph, the urgent notice release read, “Any Medical Directors / Medical Superintendents and Head of Office of the Hospitals who do not make Police Complaint under aegis of Section 6 of the Delhi Medicare Service Personnel and Medicare Service Institutions. (Prevention of Violence and Damage to Property) Act, 2008 within 6 Hours of receiving complaints from the Doctors must provide justification for their inaction to the Director General Health Services, Government of NCT of Delhi.”