कोलकाता में जूनियर डॉक्टर्स आज प्रदर्शन खत्म करेंगे: 21 सितंबर से ड्यूटी पर लौटने की घोषणा; बोले- सरकार ने वादे पूरे नहीं किए तो फिर हड़ताल करेंगे

Junior doctors of West Bengal are on strike since August 10. They have been protesting outside the Health Bhavan in Kolkata for the last 10 days.

Junior doctors of West Bengal will end their sit-in protest outside the Health Bhavan in Salt Lake, Kolkata today, which has been going on since September 10. Before ending the protest, they will march from the Health Bhavan to the CBI office in the CGO Complex.

The junior doctors held a press conference late on September 19 and said that they will return to work from Saturday, September 21. The doctors have been on strike for the last 41 days after the rape-murder of a trainee doctor on August 9 at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The doctors said that their strike will continue partially. They will provide emergency and essential services for now. They will also set up medical camps in flood affected areas. However, they will not participate in the functioning of OPD and cold operating theatres.

Junior doctors said that our fight for justice is not over. We are giving one week’s time to the Bengal government. If during this time the government does not implement all its promises, then we will start the strike again.

Doctors said- some of our demands are still unfulfilled

Dr Aqib, one of the protesters, told news agency ANI that due to the flood situation in West Bengal and the state government agreeing to some of our demands, we have decided to partially return to work.

The junior doctors said that on our demand, the Kolkata Police Commissioner, Director of Medical Education and Director of Health Services have been removed. However, this does not mean that the movement is over. Our demand to remove the state’s Health Secretary NS Nigam and end the threat culture in hospitals still continues.

The Bengal government had removed Vineet Goyal from the post of Police Commissioner Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had a meeting with the doctors on September 16. After the meeting, Mamata said that we have accepted 3 out of 5 demands of the doctors. The CM appealed to the doctors to return to work and said that she would not take any action against the protesting doctors.

On the demand of doctors, the Bengal government removed Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal from his post. Manoj Verma took his place. Four more officers of the Health Department have also been transferred.

The confrontation lasted for 7 days over the meeting of Mamata and doctors There was a 7-day standoff in Kolkata over the meeting between the doctors and Mamata. After 4 failed attempts, a meeting was held between Mamata and the doctors’ delegation at the CM House on 16 September. In this meeting, Mamata accepted 3 out of 5 demands of the doctors and asked them to return to work.

Doctors And after the CM’s meeting on September 16, 4 more officers of the health department were transferred. Medical Education Director Dr. Kaustuv Nayak was made the Director of Health-Family Welfare. Health Services Director Dr. Debashish Haldar has been made OSD of Public Health. Tripurari Atharva was chosen as the Director of DEO.

Apart from this, the posts of 5 more police officers were also changed. Javed Shamim ADG Law and Order, Vineet Goyal ADG and IG Special Task Force, Gyanwant Singh ADG and IG Intelligence Bureau, Deepak Sarkar North Collector, Abhishek Gupta CO EFR Second Battalion are included.

West Bengal Medical Council canceled the registration of Sandeep Ghosh The West Bengal Medical Council has cancelled the registration of former principal of RG Kar Hospital, Sandeep Ghosh. An explanation was sought from Sandeep earlier, but the council took this step when no explanation was received even after more than 13 days.

On the other hand, new commissioner Manoj Verma visited RG Kar College and Hospital on Thursday, September 19. In protest against this incident, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Jawahar Sarkar resigned from Parliament membership.