Over Doctor’s rape and murder…
On Thursday, 12 September 2024, Junior doctors continued their protest at the West Bengal Health Department's office as well as their 'cease work' over the alleged rape and murder of a young medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.
The doctors have been demonstrating outside ‘Swathya Bhavan', the state health department headquarters, for over 40 hours.
The government had rejected their demands for CM Mamata Banerjee's presence and a live broadcast as preconditions for talks to resolve it.
A large number of police personnel have been deployed in and around ‘Swathya Bhavan' at Salt Lake, and traffic movement was regulated.
"We will continue our agitation and ‘cease work'. But, we did not want to continue this. The state government is not open to holding any meetings with us. And, we want to make it clear that there is no politics behind our stir," one of the protesting doctors told news agency PTI.
Meanwhile, healthcare services at state-run hospitals remained disturbed on Thursday, as the ‘cease work' by the junior doctors entered the 34th day.
Minister of State for Health Chandrima Bhattacharya said the government remains open to discussions but that "political forces" might influence the protests.
This led to a quick rebuttal from the medics, who dismissed the claims baseless, and asserted that the protests would continue till their demands were met.
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