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Kolkata: IMA President Asokan Meets Fasting Doctors, Urges Bengal Govt To Address Issues On ‘Em

Indian Medical Association President RV Asokan and other members of the IMA met the doctors of the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front, who have been sitting on a hunger strike for the last six days, in Esplanade, Kolkata. The doctors have been demanding justice in the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital rape and murder case.  The IMA President also met one of the doctors, Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised in the state-run RG Kar Hospital on Thursday night after his health condition deteriorated due to continuous fasting since Sunday. He said that the IMA has appealed to the Bengal goverment to address the doctors' concerns on an emergency basis, given their deteriorating health. #WATCH | West Bengal: Dr RV Asokan, Indian Medical Association President and other members of the IMA meet...
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West Bengal junior doctors continue sit-in, wait for state to fulfill their demands

Activists and medical professionals shout slogans during a protest march to condemn the rape and murder of a doctor, in Kolkata on October 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AFP Despite calling off their 'total cease work' on Friday (October 4, 2024) evening, agitating junior doctors continued their sit-in in central Kolkata throughout the night alleging that police lathi-charged a few of them during a rally to press for justice for the deceased woman doctor of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.The junior doctors called off their 'total cease work' at state-run medical colleges and hospitals around 8.30 pm on Friday (October 4, 2024), but threatened to launch a hunger strike till death if their demands were not met by the West Bengal government within 24 hours."When you are fighting for a signific...
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RG Kar Case: Protesting Doctors Call Off ‘Total Cease Work’, Threaten To Launch Indefinite Hung

RG Kar rape-murder case: The junior doctors demanding justice for the RG Kar medic on Friday evening called off their 'total cease work' at state-run medical colleges and hospitals. However, they have threatened to launch an indefinite hunger strike if the Bengal government does not agree to their demands within 24 hours. The junior doctors held a protest rally from SSKM Hospital to Esplanade. They were seen blocking a road during the rally, alleging one of their colleagues was assaulted by the Kolkata police. VIDEO | RG Kar rape-murder case: Junior doctors, holding a protest rally from SSKM Hospital to Esplanade, block a road in Kolkata, alleging one of their colleagues was assaulted by the police. (Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvqRQz) pic.twitter.com/2aTE5G...
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Top news of the day: September 10, 2024

Manipur students attempt to march to Raj Bhavan, 40 injured in clashes with policeOver 40 students were injured on Tuesday (September 10, 2024) following clashes with security forces when they attempted to march towards the Raj Bhavan in Imphal to press for their demands to remove the DGP and security advisor to the State government, police said. Thousands of students and women demonstrators tried to march towards the Raj Bhavan on BT Road in Imphal, but were stopped by security forces near the Congress Bhavan, they said. Meanwhile, the Manipur Government imposed a temporary Internet ban in the State, along with prohibitory orders in five districts. An indefinite curfew, preventing people from coming outside their houses, was clamped in Imphal East and West districts, while prohibitory ord...
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Docs say ‘disheartened by SC order to end stir but postpone decision on withdrawal | India News – Times of India

NEW DELHI: Junior doctors protesting the Aug 9 RG Kar hospital rape-murder intend to continue their agitation at least until 5pm Tuesday, SC's deadline for them to resume work or face possible action, and decide what to do next based on "the ground situation and the state's moves". Doctors' associations said they were "disheartened" by the SC's stand. general body meeting of the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front postponed taking a decision on whether to call off the strike or defy SC's directive. Doctors' groups said they were watching the emerging situation with a sense of unease. It is shocking that junior doctors are being portrayed as responsible for deaths. It is totally false as the movement has not hampered hospital services," IMA (West Bengal) said.Source link
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