ADVERTISEMENTThe threat of a “healthcare dharmaghat (strike)” was made around 9pm after a nearly three-hour meeting between junior doctors and senior doctors at Medical College Kolkata. Earlier, while going into the meeting, Halder said the junior doctors felt the chief secretary and other officials were “powerless” and only the chief minister could end the impasse. Junior doctors have been fasting and their health is failing,” said Halder, a junior doctor at Medical College Kolkata. This is why we ended our cease-work and went back to work.”Halder said the junior doctors felt the government could have accepted nine of their ten demands - demands 2 to 10 - “within 10 minutes” if it so wished. The plea for talks with the chief minister and the strike threat came on a day when diverse voices emerged among doctors.

Source: The Telegraph October 19, 2024 04:31 UTC