Kolkata’s protesting docs’ plan to distribute leaflets at pandals through the ongoing Durga Puja was vetoed by the police over considerations about crowd administration. The police contend that the delicate problem may upset folks and result in a legislation and order problem within the festive season.
The docs, a piece of whom are on a starvation strike, wished to succeed in out to the folks and unfold consciousness about their calls for from the state authorities. The protesters have been known as to the state secretariat tonight for one more spherical of debate.
The escalation in docs’ prote3st comes days after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee met them and accepted most of their calls for.
The junior docs have been on starvation strike since Saturday demanding justice for the 31-year-old physician raped and murdered on the hospital premises on August 9.
Additionally they need a clean-upo of the system — an alleged corruption-threat syndicate — and the formation of a patient-friendly system and campus democracy.
Their different calls for embrace the institution of a centralised referral system for all hospitals and medical faculties within the state, implementation of a mattress emptiness monitoring system, and the formation of process forces to make sure important provisions for CCTV, on-call rooms, and washrooms at their workplaces.
They’re additionally demanding elevated police safety in hospitals, recruitment of everlasting ladies police personnel, and swift filling of vacant positions for docs, nurses, and different healthcare staff.
After 4 days of the junior docs’ starvation strike, 50 senior docs resigned yesterday in a present of help.