Six junior doctors are on an indefinite hunger strike from October 5.
Junior doctors will hold a rally from College Square to Dharmatala today in protest against the Kolkata rape-murder case. The doctors said that we will continue the agitation till all our demands are met. We will not bow to any pressure.
Six junior doctors in Kolkata have gone on an indefinite hunger strike since October 5. The Federation of All India Medical Associations (FAIMA) has announced its support to the junior doctors. FAIMA has announced a nationwide hunger strike from October 9 after a meeting.
The junior doctors are firm on their 9 demands, including the removal of health secretary NS Nigam and accountability for corruption in the health department. The doctors said that they will install CCTV on the stage to maintain the transparency of the hunger strike, so that everyone can see what is happening there.
On the other hand, the government has appealed to all the protesters to return to work. Chief Secretary Manoj Pant said that 90 percent of the project would be completed by next month. He claimed that more than 45% of CCTV installation work has been completed. The government is fulfilling its promises.
CBI said- the trainee doctor was not gang-raped CBI has submitted the first charge sheet in the rape-murder case of a trainee doctor. In which the investigating agency has ruled out the possibility of gang-rape on the trainee doctor. The agency says that this crime was committed by Sanjay Roy alone. The CBI has reached this conclusion after taking statements of around 100 witnesses and conducting 12 polygraph tests.
The police arrested Sanjay on August 10, the day after the incident. On the morning of August 9, the dead body of the victim was found in a semi-naked condition in the seminar hall of the hospital. The postmortem report stated that the victim was bleeding from both eyes, mouth and private parts. However, Sanjay is still claiming his innocence.
The police identified Sanjay from the CCTV footage. In the footage, he was seen entering the seminar hall at 4 am on August 9. Meanwhile, he was wearing earphones in his ears. When he came out of the hall about 40 minutes later, he had no earphones. Police found a Bluetooth earphone at the crime scene, which was connected to his phone.
Sanjay was working as a civic volunteer at the hospital to help the police. He used to visit most departments of the hospital.
The government accepted 3 out of 5 demands, doctors returned to work Bengal's junior doctors went on a 42-day strike from August 10 to September 21 to protest the rape-murder incident. The doctors put 5 demands before the government. Out of which the government accepted 3 demands. CM Mamata assured to consider two other demands and conditions.
After this, the doctors called off the strike. He returned to work in hospitals. On 27 September, a case of beating of 3 doctors and 3 nurses at Sagar Dutta Hospital came to light, due to which the disgruntled doctors resumed their strike from 1 October.
On 4 October, the junior doctors called off the strike, but the strike continued. He said that we are returning to work as government hospitals are facing problems with large number of patients. However, he gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the state government.
The doctor said – if anything happens to anyone, the responsibility will be on the state government The junior doctors said that we had given the government 24 hours, but after 24 hours we have only received threats. We are told to return to work, but we are not in that position.
According to doctors, 6 junior doctors will go on hunger strike in the first phase. If the demands are still not met, the fast will continue for an indefinite period. If anything happens to anyone in such a situation, the full responsibility of the state government will be there.
The six doctors on hunger strike were identified as Snigdha Hazra, Tania Panja and Anustup Mukhopadhyay of Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, Arnab Mukhopadhyay of SSKM Hospital, Pulastha Acharya of NRS Medical College and Hospital and Sayantani Ghosh Hazra of KPC Medical College.
Junior doctors said on October 1 that Mamata government's attitude towards meeting our security demands does not seem positive. No effort seems to be being made to fulfill CM Mamata's promises. We are left with no option but to completely stop work from today.
The Supreme Court said that all emergency and essential services are on
In the hearing held in the Supreme Court on September 30, the Bengal government said that resident doctors are not working in the inpatient department and outpatient department. In response to this, the lawyers of the doctors said that the doctors are working in all emergency and essential services. The next hearing of the case will be held on October 14.
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