Kolkata doctor rape and murder: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters 10th day; another protesting medic hospitalised
The Hindu
Kolkata doctor rape and murder: Junior doctors in West Bengal continue 'fast-unto-death' on 10th day, demanding justice and safer healthcare system reforms.
“The ‘fast-unto-death’ by junior doctors in West Bengal to press for their demands in the wake of the R.G. Kar hospital incident entered the 10th day on Monday (October 14, 2024), even as another medic was admitted to the hospital after his health condition deteriorated,” officials said.
“Pulastha Acharya of the NRS Medical College and Hospital was taken to the hospital on Sunday (October 13, 2024) night after he complained of severe stomach pain,” they said.
Three of the junior medics who were on hunger strike in Kolkata and Siliguri city in the northern part of the state were earlier hospitalised in view of their health condition.
"Pulastha is in the CCU and his parameters have deteriorated. We have formed a medical board to treat him," a senior doctor of the NRS Medical College and Hospital told PTI.
Meanwhile, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant had on Sunday (October 13, 2024) written to the Joint Platform of Doctors (JPD), urging them to call off their proposed demonstration on October 15, stating that the stir was coinciding with the State Government's annual ‘Durga Pujo Carnival' to be organised on the same day.
He also invited them for a meeting at State Health Department headquarters – Swasthya Bhawan – on Monday (October 14, 2024) to discuss their demands.
In an email, Mr. Pant also urged the JPD to "advise" the junior doctors to end their hunger strike in the interest of their health and well-being.
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