West Bengal Junior Doctors front has decided to call off their strike on Friday. They will partially rejoin their duties at emergency and essential services in state-run hospitals from Saturday. But OPD services will remain suspended. "We will withdraw our sit-in outside Swasthya Bhawan on Friday," agitating doctors said.
However, they added, "We will wait for a week for the implementation of all promises of Bengal govt; if unfulfilled, we will resume 'cease work." The decision comes after the West Bengal government accepted most of their demands.
The medics who have been on 'cease work' for the last 41 days following the rape and murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. Before lifting the sit-in, they would hold a march from Swasthya Bhawan, the state health department headquarters, to CBI office at CGO Complex in Salt Lake area.
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"It has been decided that given the flood situation in West Bengal and the state government agreeing to certain demands of ours, we will be rejoining emergency and essential services partially from Saturday. We are withdrawing our cease work partially," an agitating doctor said after their general body meeting.
(With inputs from PTI)
