On Saturday, separate talks were held between the health department officials as well as the representatives of the junior and senior doctors. The meeting aimed at convincing the protesting doctors to resume work across hospitals and colleges in West Bengal.
In the wake of the case the doctors have also been demanding secure working environment for themselves.
According to sources, the administration failed to give concrete assurance on their demands and thus the doctors decided to continue with their movement.
Leader of Joint Forum of Doctors Manas Gumta said, “Only discussions were held, but no concrete assurance was given by health officials. So, our protest movement will continue.”
“We demand proper justice and security for doctors. But, yet to receive that. Until and unless we get, at least, these two demands we will continue our movement,” a member of the West Bengal Junior doctors forum said.
A delegation of resident doctors had met the CBI officials on Friday regarding the alleged sexual assault and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar. The delegation expressed dissatisfaction with the responses provided by the agency.
Meanwhile, the top officials in the state administration held a meeting over the security arrangement of a protest rally — ‘Nabanna Abhijaan’— called by the Chhatra Samaj on August 27 to the state secretariat.
Kolkata police Commissionerate and police supers of all districts, especially South Bengal districts, have been instructed by the Director General of Police (DGP) Rajeev Kumar to maintain law and order throughout the rally. “The call was given by the main opposition party BJP’s student front. So we are taking this protest seriously. Large police force will be deployed on the day of the event. The route will be manned by police force including barricades in different areas,” said a senior police official.
However, the leftist student leader announced that they will not participate in the march. “As per my knowledge, on that day the West Bengal NET examination is scheduled. I don’t know how a student organisation called a march on that day. They must be not students or not related to education. No leftist organisation will participate in that protest rally,” CPIM student leader Srijan Bhattacharya said.
Meanwhile, the Kolkata Police has extended prohibitory orders near the state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital for an additional week, until August 31.
With inputs from PTI
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