The junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital are ready for talks with the state government. They insist on a delegation of 25 to 35 members instead of 10 proposed by the government. They ask for the official invitation through proper channels and are open to discussions at any location, including Nabanna. They have continued their overnight protest near Swasthya Bhawan and are not ready to end it until their demands are met.
The protesting junior doctors in West Bengal have stated that they would continue their agitation till their demands were fulfilled and the victim was given justice, defying the Supreme Court orders to resume their work. On Monday, the apex court observed that if there is continued abstention from work, there may be a likelihood of adverse action.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote to the protesters, inviting them for a meeting at the secretariat to resolve the impasse over the incident’, said the state government. However, the protesting doctors said the mail for the meeting was from the state health secretary, whose resignation they were seeking, and termed it “insulting”.
Refusing Supreme Court’s directive to join duties by 5 PM on September 10, protesting junior doctors in West Bengal continued with their cease work for the 33rd day on Wednesday to press their demand for justice for a medic who was allegedly raped and murdered at a state-run hospital here last month.
For the second day, the junior doctors also continued their sit-in outside Swasthya Bhawan, the headquarters of the state health department, demanding that the Kolkata Police commissioner and senior health officials be removed from their posts. On Monday, the top court directed the protesting resident doctors to resume work by 5 PM on Tuesday and said no adverse action shall be taken against them on resumption of work.
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