KOLKATA: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee made a shock telephone name to fasting junior medical doctors on Saturday afternoon and arrange a gathering with them for Monday in yet one more stab at restoring normalcy within the state well being sector.
The almost one hour interplay – on state chief secretary Manoj Pant’s cellphone – included direct conversations with medical doctors on an indefinite starvation strike that began Oct 5.
“The case is happening in court docket. Justice shall be served. I’ll do my finest. However, if govt hospitals don’t present service, the place will folks go? The general public, too, needs justice. I guarantee you, as your sister, that your respectable calls for shall be met. Your research are being hampered and folks, too, are struggling due to your absence. So I request you to withdraw the starvation strike and be a part of work. ,” Banerjee stated, including: “I’m involved about your well being. I want you properly and can help as a lot as attainable.”
Junior medical doctors stated they’d meet Banerjee at 5 pm on Monday at Nabanna however insisted on occurring with their quick and different types of agitation. “We’ll go to Nabanna however our starvation strike will proceed. We’ll mail the administration our constitution of calls for once more and look ahead to a reply,” R G Kar Hospital junior physician Ashfaqullah Naiya informed TOI.
Banerjee additionally sought three to 4 months to handle their calls for, together with the one for medical faculty union elections.
