After 41 days of protesting against the rape and murder of the trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, the junior doctors have called off their strike and will now resume essential services in the hospitals from September 21.
Will junior doctors call off their strike against rape-murder case?
According to the reports, the Doctors will conduct a rally from Swasthya Bhawan to the CBI office today at 3 pm, urging the CBI to expedite the probe into the Kolkata rape-murder case.
“We are calling off the protest from here and will do a rally till CBI office today at 3 pm. CBI needs to expedite the case of murder and rape. We will get back to work on Saturday as there is a flood, and we need to help people. But there are dharna manchas at all our medical colleges where we will sit as well. We will start all our essential services from Saturday. Everything under essential services will be taken care of,” the protesting doctor said.
Protestors wait for a response by govt.
Notably, this development followed after they submitted a draft outlining the key highlights from their discussions with the West Bengal govt. to Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Thursday. Now, the agitating doctors are waiting for the state’s response to their proposals.
As per the reports, the second round of the meetings between the state public healthcare task force, led by the Chief Secretary – Manoj Pant, and a delegation of at least 30 junior doctors took place at the state secretariat, Nabanna.
Will CM Mamata Banerjee approve protesters’ demands?
Meanwhile, the first round of the meeting was held at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s Kalighat residence in Kolkata on Monday. During the meeting, the Banerjee-led govt. agreed on the key demands of the junior doctors that the infrastructure of the state-run hospitals should be developed.
Since the day of the heart-wrenching rape-murder case incident, West Bengal was shrouded under dark clouds, leading to a massive agitation against the crime and subsequent allegations of widespread corruption at the government healthcare facilities.
