It is painful,” Abhishek said, adding that the attackers would not be spared, the administration had already taken action and that poor patients are suffering because of the ongoing agitation by junior doctors. In the evening, health secretary Rajiva Sinha issued an “appeal” to the junior doctors to call off the agitation, citing neglect of patient care and harassment of common people. The pitfalls of letting the issue fester became evident when three junior doctors and a fourth-year student of Burdwan Medical College and Hospital were injured in attacks by purported relatives of patients. “The key demand from the agitators was a statement from the chief minister. A day after BJP leader Mukul Roy blamed a community, state party chief Dilip Ghosh went a step further.

Source: The Telegraph June 13, 2019 02:03 UTC