Protesting Jr Doctors Set Fresh Terms For Talks

Kolkata: The stalemate over talks between the West Bengal government and the junior doctors protesting outside the Swasthya Bhavan in support of their demands over the R.G. Kar rape and murder case continued on Wednesday after the West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF) set fresh conditions for accepting the Chief Secretary’s appeal to sit across the discussion table.

On Wednesday afternoon, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant appealed to the protesting doctors to send a delegation of 12-15 representatives to state secretariat Nabanna by 6 p.m. on Wednesday for discussions. In reply, the junior doctors’ forum said that they want to send a delegation of at least 30 representatives, including one from each of the 26 medical colleges in the state, besides seeking live telecast of the meeting.

The junior doctors’ email reply read, “In reference to the email sent from cs-westbengal@nic.in, we would like to mention few points regarding the proposed meeting. As mentioned in our previous mail, we would like to reiterate some points.