West Bengal: Protesting doctors warn of strike on October 22 if demands not met
The medics said that they were in talks with their colleagues in other states and that the proposed strike may take place across the country.
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The junior doctors in West Bengal protesting against the rape and murder of their colleague have warned that all medics in the state will hold a strike on October 22 if their demands for safety measures in medical institutions are not met, PTI reported on Saturday.
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.
The medics said that they have given October 21 as the deadline for the West Bengal government to meet their demands.
“We want the Chief Minister [Mamata Banerjee] to sit for a discussion and implement all our demands,” Debasish Halder, a protesting junior doctor, told reporters. “Unless this is done, all the junior and senior doctors of both government and private healthcare facilities will be forced to go on strike on Tuesday.”
The protesting doctors in West Bengal also said that they were in talks with their colleagues in other states and that the proposed strike on October 22 may take place across the country, PTI reported.
Haldar was quoted as saying that the doctors were not against the interest of the public and had therefore ended their “cease work” strike earlier.
The junior medics had on October 5 withdrawn their...
