Kolkata: A staff of specialist medical doctors was despatched by the West Bengal authorities to the venue of the starvation strike by junior medical doctors in central Kolkata to evaluate the well being situation of the seven medics who’ve been on starvation strike for the previous 5 days.
One of many 4 members of the staff stated the medical doctors on quick unto demise must be hospitalised earlier than their situation worsens.
Amid the Durga Puja festivities, seven junior medical doctors in Kolkata and two in North Bengal have been fasting for the final 122 hours since Saturday to press for his or her calls for together with a safer working atmosphere in hospitals.
“We got here right here to evaluate their well being state of affairs. It’s fairly pure that their well being parameters wouldn’t be excellent after 5 days of fasting. We’re like their mother and father, and as elders, we’ve got instructed that they need to be admitted to a hospital earlier than their situation worsens,” Diptendra Sarkar, a member of the medical staff, advised reporters.
The junior medical doctors, agitating over the alleged rape and homicide of their colleague on the RG Kar Hospital, continued their quick unto demise for the fifth consecutive day on Thursday.
The junior medical doctors started their starvation strike on Saturday night at Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala, within the coronary heart of Kolkata, after ending a complete cease-work that had paralyzed healthcare providers.
The state authorities convened a gathering on Wednesday night with the protesters however failed to interrupt the impasse.
Following the assembly, which was chaired by Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, the protesting medical doctors alleged that that they had obtained nothing concrete from the state authorities besides “verbal assurances.”
