August 14, 2024: On Wednesday, Assam based Silchar Medical College and Hospital withdrew the advisory asking women to avoid ‘unnecessary attention of unscrupulous people’ after it was widely criticized. 
The institute’s Junior Doctors Association had termed the advisory “outrageous”. The notice was issued in the wake of the rape and murder of a junior woman doctor at a Kolkata hospital. 
The advisory, ‘with special emphasis’ on its women members, was issued on Monday, by the principal-cum-chief superintendent of the government-run institute.
The Junior Doctors Association of the institute said the advisory ‘fails to address the key issues pertaining to SMCH’ and ‘targets the female doctors especially.’
The rape and murder of the junior woman doctor in Kolkata has led to protests across the country, particularly among the medical community.