Junior doctors have been on a ceasework since Tuesday following the attack on two of their colleagues at NRS hospital on Monday night after the death of a 75-year-old patient. The appeal from the governor came after he met representatives of the agitating junior doctors at Raj Bhavan on Thursday afternoon. A statement issued by the governor’s press secretary said the agitating doctors had submitted a memorandum demanding “adequate security and protection for doctors in hospitals, proper investigation and punishment for all those who attacked the junior doctors and redressal of their other grievances”. Besides the representatives of the agitating doctors, Doctors’ Association of ABVP West Bengal met the governor to apprise him of the situation and sought his intervention. “We are in talks with our units across India to show solidarity with the agitating junior doctors at NRS.

Source: The Telegraph June 14, 2019 00:33 UTC