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Bengal govt calls doctors’ organisations for talks as stir intensifies | Kolkata

Bengal govt calls doctors’ organisations for talks as stir intensifies | Kolkata

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The West Bengal government on Sunday evening called all doctor’s organisations in the state for a meeting on Monday afternoon even as the indefinite hunger strike by junior doctors seeking reforms at medical colleges and hospitals gained momentum on its eighth day. The indefinite hunger strike by junior doctors seeking reforms at medical colleges and hospitals entered its eighth day on Sunday. (PTI) Hours after the Joint Platform of Doctors, West Bengal, announcing a 12-hour symbolic hunger strike and agitation across Bengal on Monday and a protest carnival in Kolkata on Tuesday, state chief secretary Manoj Pant sent e-mails to all organisations in the joint platform. “You are requested to attend the meeting with a delegation of two members from your organisation,” the e-mail said. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee, who is also in charge of the health and home departments, earlier met the junior doctors thrice. This was the first time the government invited all doctors’ bodies, including the ones comprising senior doctors, for a meeting. The organisations did not clarify till 8pm whether they …

Mob thrashes man in Kolkata’s state-run SSKM Hospital premises, doctors flag security concerns – India TV

Mob thrashes man in Kolkata’s state-run SSKM Hospital premises, doctors flag security concerns – India TV

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Image Source : SSKM WEBSITE SSKM Hospital in Kolkata A youth was assaulted by a group of people in the trauma care department of state-run SSKM Hospital in West Bengal’s Kolkata on Sunday, the officials said. The incident took place when a group of junior doctors were observing fast unto death nearby to press for their 10-point charter of demands including justice for the RG Kar hospital victim and stronger security measures in state-run medical facilities. The youth who was accompanying his friends to the trauma care centre was beaten by nearly 15 men, which left him injured. The attackers probably parked their vehicles outside the major referral hospital, according to the officials. What did the police say? A Kolkata Police officer said there were reports that the youth was part of a gang which had clashed with a rival faction in a nearby area earlier in the day. While members of one group came inside the hospital for treatment, the other one reached the facility and beat him up severely, he said. “We are …

RG Kar: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters 9th day, others on ‘symbolic fast’ | Kolkata News

RG Kar: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters 9th day, others on ‘symbolic fast’ | Kolkata News

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The hunger strike by junior doctors of West Bengal to press for their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident entered the ninth day on Sunday, when people are holding a “symbolic fast” at various parts of the state to express solidarity with the agitators. Three of the junior doctors who were observing ‘fast unto death’ in Kolkata and Siliguri city in the northern part of the state have so far been hospitalised after their condition deteriorated. “Their conditions are worsening but the state administration remains unmoved,” a leader of the agitating Junior Doctors Forum said. Meanwhile, a group of former students of R G Kar hospital have reached the medical establishment for a symbolic fasting of 12 hours to express solidarity with the students on hunger strike. However, they faced resistance from the CISF personnel who were on security duty at the hospital following a court order. The ex-students, most of whom are senior citizens, said they will go ahead with their proposed symbolic fast programme, come what may. Several people are also observing …

Mass resignation of doctors has no legal value, says Bengal government | Kolkata

Mass resignation of doctors has no legal value, says Bengal government | Kolkata

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Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Saturday said that the “mass resignation” of senior doctors in various state-run medical colleges and hospitals, expressing solidarity with the junior doctors who are holding an indefinite hunger strike, has no legal value. Nine junior doctors started an indefinite fast on October 5 demanding justice for the trainee doctor who was allegedly raped and murdered in RG Kar Hospital on August 9. (PTI) Meanwhile, one more junior doctor had to be rushed to the hospital under critical conditions after he fell ill on the seventh day of the hunger strike even as two more medics joined the strike on Saturday. “These mass resignations, as they are being described, actually have no legal value. Resignation is a subject between the employer and the employee to be discussed in terms of specific service rules. If any individual wants to tender resignation from a government service, in terms of the given services rules, the individual has to write to the employer. This kind of a generic letter has no legal standing,” Alapan …

Breaking News, August 31 | LIVE Updates – India TV

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Resident doctors’ strike to hit routine & elective surgeries at Pune’s Sassoon Hospital

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Routine surgeries and procedures are bound to suffer at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) as resident doctors of BJ Medical College will join the statewide indefinite strike beginning Thursday, 5 pm, announced by the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD). However, emergency services will continue to be provided to ensure essential medical care during the strike, said the doctors. At Sassoon Hospital, treatment is provided to around 2,500 to 3,000 patients on an outpatient department (OPD) basis and over 500 surgeries are performed daily. (HT FILE) At SGH, treatment is provided to around 2,500 to 3,000 patients on an outpatient department (OPD) basis and over 500 surgeries are performed daily. While the strike begins Thursday evening and surgeries will be performed in the morning, all routine surgeries at the hospital post lunch will grind to a halt. Hindustan Times – your fastest source for breaking news! Read now. As per sources, SGH authorities have ordered all heads of departments, professors, doctors and officials on leave to immediately resume services. Doctors and professors have been instructed not …