Kolkata doctor rape-murder case: Junior doctors in Kolkata continue indefinite hunger strike demanding justice
The Hindu
Kolkata doctor case: Junior doctors in West Bengal continue hunger strike for justice and workplace safety after alleged assault by Kolkata Police.
Agitating junior doctors demanding justice for the deceased woman trainee doctor of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital and workplace safety continued their hunger strike until death on Sunday (October 6, 2024) in the central part of the city's Dharmatala area.
Several senior doctors, who have been at the protest site since Saturday (October 6, 2024) night, are also planning to join their junior counterparts in the hunger strike.
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"The support of these people gives us the courage, the enthusiasm to continue our protest against the gruesome murder of our sister. We are happy to see that people have not forgotten that justice is yet not given and attacks on doctors are still on and the state government has no serious note of our demands," Debasish Halder, one of the agitating doctors, told media.
The junior medics started their hunger strike untill death on Saturday night after the state government missed the 24-hour deadline of fulfilling their demands by 8.30 pm on Saturday (October 5, 2024).
They had on Friday (October 4, 2024) begun a sit-in demonstration at the Dorina crossing in Dharmtatala area following an alleged assault by Kolkata Police personnel.
To maintain transparency, the junior medics have installed CCTV cameras at the dais where their colleagues are holding the strike.
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