‘This is my last attempt to resolve the crisis’, Mamata Banerjee tells protesting doctors
The chief minister urged the medics to resume their duties and said that no action will be taken against them.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited junior doctors protesting against the rape and murder of their colleague at a Kolkata hospital in August and urged them to resume their duties, NDTV reported.
The 31-year-old trainee doctor was raped and murdered at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.
The West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Front has been leading protests for over a month seeking the resignation of the Kolkata police commissioner and senior state health department officials. The group has also demanded that the “threat culture” in West Bengal’s medical centres must end.
Banerjee said that her visit to the protest site was her last attempt to resolve the deadlock between the state government and the doctors.
“This is my last attempt to resolve the crisis...” Banerjee said. “If you keep your faith in me, I will look into your complaints. The case is on in the Supreme Court and the next hearing is on Tuesday. I don’t want you to suffer. I have come to make a request as your didi [elder sister], not as a chief minister.”
The Supreme Court had on Monday warned the doctors that they may face disciplinary action from the state government if they did not resume work by 5 pm on Tuesday. The...
