Mamata government invites protesting doctors for another round of talks

Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Wednesday invited the agitated junior doctors for a gathering on the state secretariat at 6.30 pm based on their request for a fresh round of talks. In his response, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant reaffirmed the state’s appeal to the protesting medics to resume their work in the emerging flood-like situation in parts of South Bengal.

Within the e-mail, he wrote, “You may remember that many districts of South Bengal are facing a flood-like situation with vast areas inundated. Within the sunshine of the above situation, while we again appeal to you to register in duties in a bigger public interest and provide products and services to common people, I, together with the opposite members of the task force, will meet your delegation of 30 members at Nabanna Sabhaghar nowadays at 6.30 pm.”

Earlier, the junior doctors wrote to the executive secretary, inquiring for a discussion on certain “key unresolved issues” like security in hospitals as a precondition for lifting their ongoing sit-in outside the state health department headquarters. The medics wrote an email at eleven.19 am with respect to their general body meeting, which concluded early Wednesday morning.

The protesters highlighted key issues like safety and security within the health facility premises and important points of the formulation and functions of the promised task force headed by the executive secretary in West Bengal as an agenda for the proposed meeting.

(With PTI Inputs)