IMA president Shantanu Sen urges protesting NRS doctors to meet Mamata
Kolkata, Jun 15 (IBNS): After visiting the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH), Indian Medical Association (IMA) president Dr. Shantanu Sen, who is also a leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress, has urged the protesters to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to find a solution to the ongoing medical crisis. The junior doctors so far remained adamant and demanded that the CM should come and meet them at NRS.
Dr. Sen has also condemned the attack on junior doctor Paribaha Mukhopadhyay, who had received injury to his skull but now in a stable condition.
"I condemn the incident which has happened. The attack should not have occurred. But the actions have also been taken by the State against culprits and all demands have been met. Now I urge the junior doctors to meet the Chief Minister. We will have to ensure that such incidents never happen in future," Dr. Sen said.
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has also called a strike on Monday to show solidarity with protesting doctors.
Since last night, Banerjee had called the agitators twice to meet her at state headquarters Nabanna but the students were firm in their demand in insisting the Chief Minister's visit to the NRSMCH and her apology.
The senior doctors, who had met Banerjee at Nabanna a day ago, will once again meet the Chief Minister at 5 pm on Saturday.
Amid reports that 300 doctors, which include the heads of departments of medical colleges and other hospitals in Kolkata, Burdwan, Darjeeling and North 24 Parganas districts, have resigned from their positions, the ongoing strike of the protesting medical practitioners entered its fifth day on Saturday.
The junior doctors went for an indefinite strike across West Bengal after relatives of Kolkata's Tangra resident 85-year-old Md. Sayeed, whose death at the NRS Hospital prompted cries of medical negligence from them, brought some 200 people to the hospital and beat up junior doctors, seriously wounding Mukhopadhayay on Monday night.
The matter got more complex after Banerjee visited the SSKM Hospital a day ago and lost her cool over the protesters.
Banerjee, amid sloganeering by the agitators, alleged that the protesters are "outsiders". She even sent an ultimatum to the agitators to join work within four hours or else they would face action. However, Banerjee's ultimatum didn't change the situation much.
Doctors from Delhi, Mumbai and other cities have also joined the protest against the assault on Mukhopadhyay.
Going tough with the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the ruling dispensation to mediate with the junior doctors protesting against the attack on their mate Paribaha Mukhopadhyay.
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