Kolkata, Sep 11 (IANS) Junior doctors, who are on a sit-in protest in front of Swastha Bhavan, the West Bengal health department headquarters, over the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital, have received overwhelming support from people.
Since Tuesday night, several individuals and representatives from community-based organisations have flocked to the site with food and adequate drinking water. Expressing solidarity with their protest and ensuring that the protesting junior doctors can continue with their movement till their demands are fulfilled, people are silently converging at the spot.
Even bio-toilets and temporary washrooms have been arranged near the protest spot for the convenience of the protesters, especially women. The students from Jadavpur University (JU)’s Salt Lake also reached the spot with a truck full of food items and drinking water for the protesting doctors.
West Bengal Junior Doctors’ Forum (WBJDF) under whose banner the protest demonstrations are being organised, has issued a statement profusely thanking those, especially the common people, who have extended the supporting hands in solidarity.
“Your love and spontaneous cooperation have overwhelmed us. We will be ever grateful to you for the manner in which you all have provided us with support, food and water since last night. As of now, we have sufficient stock of food and water. Arrangements for washrooms for women protesters have also been made. We will approach you in case we need anything,” the WBJDF statement read.
The protests by junior doctors are going on despite the deadline set by the Supreme Court on Monday asking the protesters to rejoin duty by 5 p.m. on Tuesday.
On Tuesday evening, the protesting doctors even rejected a call from the state government to send a small delegation to the state secretariat Nabanna and hold a discussion with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, newly-appointed Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and the state health secretary Narayan Swarup Nigam.
Thousands of representatives from the medical fraternity from all corners of the state, including senior and junior doctors, medical students and representatives from the nursing fraternity, on Tuesday led a protest march towards Swastha Bhavan.
On being stopped near the entrance, the protesters started a sit-in demonstration at the spot, which is continuing.
–IANS
src/dpb
Disclaimer
The information contained in this website is for general information purposes only. The information is provided by TodayIndia.news and while we endeavour to keep the information up to date and correct, we make no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability, suitability or availability with respect to the website or the information, products, services, or related graphics contained on the website for any purpose. Any reliance you place on such information is therefore strictly at your own risk.
In no event will we be liable for any loss or damage including without limitation, indirect or consequential loss or damage, or any loss or damage whatsoever arising from loss of data or profits arising out of, or in connection with, the use of this website.
Through this website you are able to link to other websites which are not under the control of TodayIndia.news We have no control over the nature, content and availability of those sites. The inclusion of any links does not necessarily imply a recommendation or endorse the views expressed within them.
Every effort is made to keep the website up and running smoothly. However, TodayIndia.news takes no responsibility for, and will not be liable for, the website being temporarily unavailable due to technical issues beyond our control.
For any legal details or query please visit original source link given with news or click on Go to Source.
Our translation service aims to offer the most accurate translation possible and we rarely experience any issues with news post. However, as the translation is carried out by third part tool there is a possibility for error to cause the occasional inaccuracy. We therefore require you to accept this disclaimer before confirming any translation news with us.
If you are not willing to accept this disclaimer then we recommend reading news post in its original language.
