Doctors Hold Their Ground: Refuse To Go To Secretariat, Demand Mamata Comes To Them At NRS Hospital

Delivering a blow to West Bengal Chief Minister (CM) Mamata Banerjee, the protesting junior doctors on Friday (14 June) rejected Banerjee's proposal for talks at the state secretariat.

The doctors have stuck to their stand that Banerjee would have to herself come down to NRS Medical College and Hospital and listen to their grievances plus apologise to them for having cast aspersions on them, reports Mint.

After five senior doctors led by Dr Sukumar Mukherjee had called on Banerjee at the secretariat and offered to mediate to resolve the stalemate which had crippled the medical services at state run hospitals across West Bengal, the state government had decided to invite four members of the protesting junior doctors for talks.

Thereafter the state government deferred the talks to 5 pm on Saturday (15 June), so as to give time to the senior doctors to persuade the young medicos to attend the meeting.

"We will again come on Saturday. if they (junior doctors) send their representatives there will be a meeting. The Chief Minister wants a quick resolution of the issue. She has given her proposals," said Dr Mukherjee.