Government On Doctorates

Agitating junior doctors said they will attend a meeting called by the West Bengal government on Monday to resolve issues related to their demands, emphasising that its outcome will determine whether they will withdraw their indefinite hunger strike.

An on-duty medical officer was arrested on Tuesday from the 'Durga Puja Carnival' show organised by the state government for allegedly wearing a message t-shirt and a badge in solidarity with the doctors agitating over the RG Kar hospital incident.

The 'mass resignations' of senior doctors in support of their junior colleagues are generic letters and have no legal value, the West Bengal government said on Saturday.

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal resumed their indefinite "total cease work" on Tuesday to press the state government on various demands, including ensuring their safety and security at all medical establishments.

In an incident that raises serious questions about the state healthcare system, the doctor at a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur left a surgical needle inside an 18-year-old's head after stitching up an injury.

The West Bengal government has faced tough questions in the Supreme Court on the steps it has taken to beef up security in the state's medical colleges in the aftermath of the horrific rape-murder of a 31-year-old at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College

The West Bengal government has transferred Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal as well as the state's Director of Medical Education and Director of Health Services.

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today criticised a West Bengal government's notification saying state-run hospitals would avoid allotting night shifts to women doctors, stressing that it is the State's duty to provide them security.

Amid the deadlock between protesting doctors and the West Bengal government, senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh has claimed that "opposition forces" are plotting an attack on the agitators to defame the Mamata Banerjee government.

The will they-won't they surrounding the protesting doctors meeting the West Bengal government continued on Wednesday evening with the protesters responding to a letter by the chief secretary and making a list of demands for the discussion to happen.

Five years ago, the government of West Bengal pledged to clamp down on violence against doctors. It promised public hospitals better security equipment, women guards to support female physicians and controlled entry points, Reuters reported.

The rape and murder of a doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata had shamed humanity and "some stray voices" are aggravating the pain, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said today, launching a fresh attack on Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal

The Supreme Court has termed the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital "horrific". A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud heard the rape and murder case of the doctor.

The Manipur government on Monday said disinformation is being spread using a "doctored audio clip" of Chief Minister N Biren Singh to sabotage peace plans in the ethnic violence-hit state.

The rape and murder of a young doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata has shaken the entire country. Women across India have hit the streets and doctors gone on strikes.

Agitating junior doctors said they will attend a meeting called by the West Bengal government on Monday to resolve issues related to their demands, emphasising that its outcome will determine whether they will withdraw their indefinite hunger strike.

An on-duty medical officer was arrested on Tuesday from the 'Durga Puja Carnival' show organised by the state government for allegedly wearing a message t-shirt and a badge in solidarity with the doctors agitating over the RG Kar hospital incident.

The 'mass resignations' of senior doctors in support of their junior colleagues are generic letters and have no legal value, the West Bengal government said on Saturday.

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal resumed their indefinite "total cease work" on Tuesday to press the state government on various demands, including ensuring their safety and security at all medical establishments.

In an incident that raises serious questions about the state healthcare system, the doctor at a government hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Hapur left a surgical needle inside an 18-year-old's head after stitching up an injury.

The West Bengal government has faced tough questions in the Supreme Court on the steps it has taken to beef up security in the state's medical colleges in the aftermath of the horrific rape-murder of a 31-year-old at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College

The West Bengal government has transferred Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal as well as the state's Director of Medical Education and Director of Health Services.

Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud today criticised a West Bengal government's notification saying state-run hospitals would avoid allotting night shifts to women doctors, stressing that it is the State's duty to provide them security.

Amid the deadlock between protesting doctors and the West Bengal government, senior Trinamool Congress leader Kunal Ghosh has claimed that "opposition forces" are plotting an attack on the agitators to defame the Mamata Banerjee government.

The will they-won't they surrounding the protesting doctors meeting the West Bengal government continued on Wednesday evening with the protesters responding to a letter by the chief secretary and making a list of demands for the discussion to happen.

Five years ago, the government of West Bengal pledged to clamp down on violence against doctors. It promised public hospitals better security equipment, women guards to support female physicians and controlled entry points, Reuters reported.

The rape and murder of a doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata had shamed humanity and "some stray voices" are aggravating the pain, Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar said today, launching a fresh attack on Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal

The Supreme Court has termed the rape and murder case of a trainee doctor at Kolkata's RG Kar Medical College and Hospital "horrific". A three-judge bench led by Chief Justice DY Chandrachud heard the rape and murder case of the doctor.

The Manipur government on Monday said disinformation is being spread using a "doctored audio clip" of Chief Minister N Biren Singh to sabotage peace plans in the ethnic violence-hit state.

The rape and murder of a young doctor at a government hospital in Kolkata has shaken the entire country. Women across India have hit the streets and doctors gone on strikes.