NEW DELHI: The agitating doctors decided to call off their ‘fast-unto-death’ strike after 16 days after meeting with the Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday. The meeting which was live streamed, lasted for more than two hours and witnessed discussions on several demands of the protesting doctors in RG Kar rape and murder case,…
NEW DELHI: Junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Hospital marched to Raj Bhavan in Kolkata on Monday, where they submitted a memorandum to Governor CV Ananda Bose. A delegation of five junior doctors, including Mostafi Ahmed, Debashish Halder, and Satyadip Sarkar, had a meeting with the governor.“We met…
Dr RV Asokan, president of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), met junior doctors observing fast-unto-death in Kolkata on Friday.After the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital on August 9, junior doctors began a “cease work” protest. On September 21, after 42 days, they concluded their strike after being assured…
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed its first chargesheet in the RG Kar Hospital case, accusing Sanjay Roy of the rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee doctor. The chargesheet, presented in a Sialdah court in West Bengal, identifies Sanjay Roy as the sole accused, ruling out the possibility of gang…
The sit-in site of junior doctors protesting against the alleged rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar hospital and the alleged police action against a few of them, in Kolkata. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Junior doctors in West Bengal, currently engaged in an indefinite hunger strike, have accused the authorities of…
KOLKATA: Junior doctors across Bengal have threatened to return to complete cease-work from Monday, citing security concerns following the assault on some colleagues and nurses at College of Medicine & Sagore Dutta Hospital near Kolkata on Friday.They declared that they will go on cease-work after SC hearing on Monday on RG Kar rape-murder case. They…
NEW DELHI: A local court in Kolkata on Sunday remanded former RG Kar hospital principal Sandip Ghosh and Tala police station officer-in-charge Abhijit Mondal to CBI custody until September 17. The central agency had produced both individuals before the court in connection to the rape and murder of a doctor at the state-run hospital.“We have…
West Bengal government invites junior doctors for talks over the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Hospital. The meeting is set for 6pm at ‘Nabanna’, with doctors insisting on live streaming and demanding removal of key officials. NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government on Wednesday extended an invitation to representatives…
KOLKATA: Junior doctors protesting the RG Kar hospital rape-murder rejected on Tuesday the Bengal govt’s invitation to discuss their grievances with a designated team at the state secretariat and decided to continue their strike in defiance of the 5pm deadline Supreme Court had set for them to return to work.The Mamata Banerjee govt’s message to…
NEW DELHI: Soon after Supreme Court directed the protesting junior doctors to resume work or face action, the Bengal IMA unit said it was “disheartened” by the the proceedings of the court and the CBI. In a statement, the medical body conveyed that the protests “won’t die down” and promised to leave no stone unturned…
