West Bengal junior doctors launch indefinite hunger strike, claim safety demands have not been met
The medics alleged that they were lathi-charged by the Kolkata Police on Friday night.
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The junior doctors in West Bengal protesting against the rape and murder of their colleague ended their “cease work” strike and launched an indefinite hunger strike on Saturday evening, claiming that their safety demands had not been met, India Today reported.
Their agitation began in response to the rape and murder of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata on August 9.
Six doctors from several medical institutions in the city were selected by the junior doctors’ association to participate in the hunger strike.
On Friday, the medics held a sit-in demonstration at Dorina Crossing in Kolkata, giving the West Bengal government a 24-hour deadline to meet their demands. When the demands were not met, the protesting doctors started a fast unto death on Saturday.
“The state government has failed the deadline and hence we are starting the fast unto death, which will continue till our demands are fulfilled,” PTI quoted an unidentified junior doctor as saying. “To maintain transparency, we have installed CCTV cameras at the dais where our colleagues are holding the fast.”
The junior doctors had resumed their strike on Tuesday, demanding that the Trinamool Congress government address their demand for improved safety measures in medical institutions.
The doctors alleged that they were lathi-charged by the police on Friday...
