Bengal doctors' strike: Junior doctors ready to discuss matter with govt, to decide venue in general body meet

Junior doctors, who have been agitating in the state for days now protesting against the state administration of not being able to provide secure working conditions after a junior doctor was thrashed by a patient's family members, said that they were willing to discuss the matter to end the impasse. 

However, they are yet to decide whether to discuss the matter with Bengal Chief Minister or Governor. The venue of the meeting with the government will be discussed today in a general body meeting. (Photo: ANI)

On Saturday, Mamata Banerjee had said that she has fulfilled all demands of junior doctors but only committed to providing security on hospital to doctors. 

Speaking on doctors' demand of visiting NRS, she said she will decide where to go and where not to. Responding to an apology being demanded by doctors from her on this entire issue, Mamata Banerjee said that media may apologise on her behalf.  (Photo: ANI)

In a show of solidarity support, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPGMER) announced that OPD, Laboratory and Elective Surgeries services will remain suspended on Monday.

The notice has been issued in solidarity with protesting doctors in Kolkata, who have refused to blink and go back to their duties, following a gruesome attack on a fellow practitioner.

The doctors of JIPGMER have decided to participate in the nationwide 24-hour strike called by the Indian Medical Association from 6 am on Monday.

"In view of the strike announced by Junior Residents Doctors Association, all OPD services, laboratory services and elective surgeries will remain suspended on Monday". 

The agitation across the nation broke out following clashes between junior doctors and relatives of a 75-year-old patient who died due to alleged medical negligence in Kolkata.

Amid the scuffle a junior doctor, Paribaha Mukhopadhyay sustained a serious skull injury and was admitted in the intensive care unit of the Institute of Neurosciences in Kolkata's Park Circus area. (Photo: ANI)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Saturday rubbished the claims of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) about "poor" law and order in the state, saying the Centre should send such advisories to states like Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat where "several murders have been reported in the last couple of years".

The MHA sought separate reports from the West Bengal government on the ongoing doctors' strike and on political violence that has left 160 people dead in the past four years. (Photo: ANI)