In a letter to Banerjee, the Union minister urged her to ensure an "amicable end" to the protests and provide a secure working environment for doctors. He also appealed to the agitating doctors, particularly in West Bengal, to hold symbolic protests and resume work so that patients do not suffer. Patients should not be deprived of immediate and emergency healthcare facilities," the Union health minister said. The doctors, in a memorandum submitted to Vardhan, demanded a central law against hospital violence. Doctors under the banner of the Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) held out marches in the AIIMS campus, with many wearing bandages on their foreheads while some worked wearing helmets.

Source: dna June 14, 2019 12:11 UTC