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Kolkata's R. Yes. The hunger strike of the junior doctors, who were on hunger strike demanding justice in the case of rape and murder of a trainee doctor of Kar Hospital, completed 16 days on Sunday.
On the other hand, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has requested the agitating doctors to withdraw their hunger strike and come to the negotiating table. West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant on Saturday evening called the doctors for talks for 45 minutes at Secretariat Nabanna today i.e. Monday at 5 pm on the condition of withdrawing the hunger strike. However, the doctors refused to end the hunger strike until all their demands were met, but agreed to hold talks today.
Manoj Pant and Home Secretary Nandini Chakraborty on Saturday in the Esplanade area of Kolkata. Yes. Kar Hospital visited the hunger strike site of trainee doctors, during which Mamata spoke to the agitating doctors over phone and said that most of their demands have been addressed. However, Mamata rejected the doctors' demand to remove West Bengal Health Secretary Narayan Swaroop Nigam and said that it is not possible to remove everyone in any department. I have removed the Police Commissioner, Director of Medical Education and Director of Health Services. Please rise above politics and get to work. The junior doctor is demanding justice for the victim's family and systemic changes in the state's healthcare infrastructure. Till now, 6 doctors sitting on hunger strike had to be shifted to the hospital due to deteriorating health, while 8 doctors have continued their hunger strike. He demanded that the state government take constructive steps by Monday to resolve the impasse.