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Row On Kolkata Rape: The Mamata government has once again called the doctors, who are protesting for justice and other demands in the Kolkata rape murder case, for talks.
Kolkata Rape Murder Case: The West Bengal government has invited doctors protesting against the rape and murder of a female doctor at the government RG Kar Hospital for another round of talks on Wednesday (September 18) at 6.30 pm. Chief Secretary Manoj Pant reiterated that the government reiterates its appeal to the protesting doctors to return to work in view of the flood-like situation in some parts of the state. He said, 'You know that there is a flood-like situation in many districts of South Bengal and a large area has been submerged.'
This will be the second round of talks between the protesting doctors and the state government within 48 hours. The first round of talks was held on Monday in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Pant said in an e-mail, 'You know that there is a flood-like situation in many districts of South Bengal and a large area has been submerged. In view of the situation, we again appeal to you to return to your work in the larger public interest and serve the common people. I, along with other members of the task force, will meet your 30-member delegation at the auditorium in Nabanna at 6.30 pm today.'
Doctors had made this demand
Earlier, the protesting doctors sitting on a dharna outside the headquarters of the West Bengal Health Department sent an email to Chief Secretary Manoj Pant demanding a discussion to resolve some important "unresolved issues" such as security in hospitals. These issues are included as their pre-condition for ending the dharna. The doctors had sent the email in reference to the meeting of their governing body which ended on Wednesday morning. The doctors raised the issue of safety and security inside government hospital premises and mentioned the promise of formation of a special task force headed by the Chief Secretary and inclusion of its details in the agenda of the proposed meeting.
What did the doctors write in the email?
In their email, the doctors wrote, 'In the context of our last meeting with the Chief Minister, we would like to reiterate that there were some major points regarding our five-point demands that could not be resolved. In particular, our fourth and fifth issues related to the development of the healthcare system, security, defense and the culture of the current threatening environment have not been resolved.' Let us tell you that in the details of the meeting held between the doctors and the government at her Kalighat residence in the presence of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday (September 16) night, a mutual agreement to form a task force was confirmed as a step taken to address the security concerns of doctors.
News is originally taken from: https://bit.ly/3TwgOA8
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