Kolkata, Jun 17 (UNI) The week-long strike by junior
doctors in all state-run hospitals across Bengal came to
an end tonight following a fruitful meeting with Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee at Nabanna.
The withdrawal of ceasework followed a successful meeting with
Ms Banerjee, who conceded all the 12-point demands, including
posting of armed police personnel and setting up of grievance cells
in all the state-run hospitals.
The doctors demanded that the government should ensure zero
tolerance to the assault on the doctors.
Healthcare across the state came to a near collapse since Tuesday
(June 11), a night after a group of people assaulted two junior doctors,
including Paribaha Mukherjee, who survived a skull fracture, after
a 75-year-old patient died of cardiac arrest at NRS Hospital, Sealdah.
Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi also welcomed the end of this week-long strike.
" The Governor is happy that amicable settlement has arrived at the meeting
held today between the Chief Minister and the doctors," an official statement
from the Governor's office read.
It also said, "He appreciates the initiative taken by the Chief Minister and also
the junior doctors to resolve the impasse."
In a statement, the junior doctors said, "We extend our heartfelt gratitude to
Mamata Banerjee. After an enormous movement, the meeting and discussions
with our chief minister met a logical end. Considering everything, we expect the
government to solve the issues as discussed in due time."
They also thanked the medical fraternity across the country for their support
during the strike.
"We extend our heartfelt gratitude to all seniors, juniors, patients, common people,
intelligentsia and the medical fraternity of the country who spontaneously extended
their support and made this movement possible. We hope to maintain this unity in
future," the doctors said.
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