Following positive talks with Bengal CM, docs to make final call after discussions
RG Kar Hospital issue and the state administration, led by the chief minister, ended on a positive note, according to people privy to the developments. The chief minister is said to have appealed to the junior doctors to resume work at the earliest. However, the doctors have said that they will take a final call only after discussions.
The state has agreed to address issues related to strengthening the health infrastructure and providing necessary infrastructure for doctors, people in the know have said. The junior doctors submitted a memorandum to chief minister Mamata Banerjee during their meeting which started at around 7 pm and continued for almost three hours. Mamata Banerjee, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar and Junior Health Minister (MoS) Chandrima Bhattacharya were present at Monday's meeting.
However, the state government officials said that the junior doctors' demand seeking the resignations of the Commissioner of Police, Director of Medical Education (DME) and Health Secretary, involved an administrative process.
The chief minister allowed two stenographers who accompanied the junior doctors to be present at the meeting to record the minutes, heeding to the medics' demand.
It may be recalled that the doctors' stir over the rape and murder of an RG Kar Hospital medical student on August 9 entered the 38th day on Monday. On Monday morning, the Bengal government invited the junior doctors to the chief minister's residence in Kalighat to end the impasse over the protest
