The Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) of AIIMS, New Delhi, has written an urgent letter to the President of India, requesting immediate intervention in the ongoing hunger strike by doctors in West Bengal.
West Bengal Governor C V Ananda Bose on Monday received the memorandum from the Junior Doctor's front on their concern about the RG Kar rape and murder case.
As the junior doctor's protest continues, demanding justice in the RG Kar rape-murder case, Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh on Monday said that junior doctor don't want the case to be resolved.
Federation of Medical Association (FEMA) has called a two-day pen-down strike in private and government medical colleges and hospitals in Siliguri over issues including the RG Kar rape-murder case.
The Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA) has announced a nationwide boycott of elective medical services starting October 14, 2024, in solidarity with their West Bengal colleagues as part of the doctors protest against rape and murder of a second year old trainee doctor at RG
Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar urged BJP workers and people of West Bengal to join doctors' protest in large numbers. He said that the West Bengal government had promised to meet doctors' demands during the meeting with the Chief Minister but have rescinded on it, since.
The body of the 31-year-old doctor was found at the R G Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. Since then thousands of junior doctors in the state have been on a strike.
Junior Dr Aloke Verma, currently on a hunger strike at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital, on Friday accused the local police of pressuring his patients and calling him to withdraw from the movement.
The Chief Secretary of West Bengal, Manoj Pant, has sent an email to junior doctors outlining the government's status report on health care initiatives aimed at improving safety and security in medical colleges across the state.
Dr RV Asokan, President of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), on Friday met with the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front, who are on a hunger strike over the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital murder-rape case in Esplanade, Kolkata.
The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front on Thursday wrote a letter to Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, expressing frustration over the state government's silence regarding their concerns.