Junior docs begin fast unto death in Kolkata

The junior doctors, protesting the rape and murder of their colleague at the RG Kar Hospital, on Saturday evening went on fast unto death, claiming that their demands were not fulfilled by the West Bengal Government. The doctors had on...

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Kolkata, Updated At : 06:09 AM Oct 06, 2024 IST

Junior doctors stage a protest over RG Kar rape-murder in Kolkata. ANI

The doctors had on Friday begun a sit-in at Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala, setting a 24-hour deadline for the state government to fulfil their demands as promised.

“We are starting the fast unto death till our demands are fulfilled. To maintain transparency, we have installed CCTV cameras at the dais where our colleagues will be holding the fast,” a junior doctor said. “We will join duty as promised but will not eat anything,” he said. At present, six junior doctors would initiate the fast, he added. The junior doctors began the sit-in after calling off the ‘total cease work’.

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