India News Get -NationalMamata Banerjee against doctors’ strike; Update on Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital Murder and Rape Case
West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and Home Minister Nandini Chakraborty visited the protest site where the young doctors are posted.
Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has appealed to doctors who are fasting in protest against the rape and murder of a junior doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College to end the fast. He said most of the doctors’ demands had been met, but rejected the health secretary’s call for dismissal.
Mamta said: “Everyone has the right to protest, but the health service should not be affected by this. It is not possible to fire everyone in a department at the same time. We’ve already done away with DHS and DME, so rise above politics and get back to work.
The young doctors have been on hunger strike for the past 15 days demanding justice for trainee doctors and improvement of medical facilities. So far, six doctors have been admitted to hospital due to health problems, while eight others are on indefinite fast. Doctors are demanding that the state government take concrete steps to resolve the problem by October 21.
In North 24 Parganas of West Bengal, young doctors took out a march to protest against the incident of rape and murder of RG Kar.
Mamta Banerjee to meet doctors on Monday Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Saturday evening invited the doctors to meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for a 45-minute meeting at the State Secretariat on Monday. However, he called on doctors to end the fast. In response, the doctors refused to end their fast until all their demands were met, but agreed to attend the meeting.Mamata Ba
Mamta says: Is it right for the doctor to decide who should be removed? Mamata Banerjee also asked doctors to end their fast and meet her on Monday. She said: “I have removed the Commissioner of Police (CP), the Director of Medical Education (DME) and the Director of Health Services (DHS), but I cannot remove the entire department.
He asked, “Does it make sense for you to decide which officer should be removed?” It is necessary to develop a policy for certain demands and the government will cooperate fully in this, but we do not accept doctors giving orders to the government on what to do.
Chief Secretary Manoj Pant met the hunger-striking doctors and tried to convince them to end the strike.
Mamta told the doctors: forget my post, consider me as a sister. Mamta asked doctors to understand their responsibilities and pay attention to the fact that the state’s health services are affected by this strike. He said: “People depend on your treatment. Where will the poor go? They benefit from free care in public hospitals. Please forget my position and consider me your sister. Your demands are legitimate, but you must serve the public.
Doctors across the state will go on strike on October 22. The protesting doctors said that if their demands are not met, all medical professionals in the state will go on strike on October 22. Meanwhile, doctors have also planned to organize a large gathering on Sunday, October 20.
The doctors had previously made five demands, three of which were met by the government… then a hunger strike. The junior doctors went on strike for 42 days, from August 10 to September 21, over the rape and murder incident. The doctors had previously made five demands to the government. Among these, the government accepted 3 requests. CM Mamata had assured to consider two other demands and conditions.
After that, the doctors called off the strike. He had returned to work in hospitals. On September 27, a case of beating of 3 doctors and 3 nurses came to light at Sagor Dutta Hospital, due to which the doctors got angry and resumed strike on October 1.
On October 4, the young doctors called off the strike, but continued it. He said we are returning to work because a large number of patients are facing problems in public hospitals. He had, however, issued a 24-hour ultimatum to the state government. After this he began a fast.
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