As seven croakers remain on indefinite hunger strike, elderly croakers of other State- run medical sodalities in Kolkata have also suggested at mass adoptions if the government does n’t initiate a discussion with resident croakers by moment As resident croakers continue their hunger strike across Kolkata, over 40 elderly croakers of R.G.
Kar Medical College and Hospital,( RGKMCH) including professors and heads of departments, inked a mass abdication letter on Tuesday( October 8m, 2024) in a show of support to agitating inferior croakers.
We, elderly croakers of R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital. are giving mass abdication as the government seems to be unconscious of the deteriorating condition of the croakers on hunger strike, and if the situation demands, we will also go for individual abdication, ” the letter addressed to the Director of Medical Education and Ex. Officio clerk of the Department of Health and Family Welfare reads.
still, shortly after subscribing the mass abdication letter, a elderly faculty member of RGKMCH clarified that the croakers would not stop work incontinently and would continue offering services to cases for the time- being.
Our inferior croakers have been protesting for the once two months, and observing a hunger strike for three days. Their health is deteriorating Our primary ideal is to shoot a communication to the State administration so they initiate a discussion with the inferior croakers, the faculty member added.
Resident croakers across West Bengal, who have been protesting against the rape and murder of a womanish croaker at RGKMCH on August 9, proceeded work on October 5, after two check- work strikes. also, seven resident croakers from different medical sodalities have been on an indefinite hunger strike for over 60 hours since Saturday until their demands are met.
Those include justice for the victim, increased police protection in State- run hospitals and medical sodalities, security structure like CCTV cameras and on- call apartments, a centralised referral system, etc.
The moment our elderly faculty members proffered their mass abdication, the star of RGKMCH, Manas Kumar Bandopadhyay, was called to the State secretariat We hope the government will meet our 10- point demands soon, ” said Kinjal Nanda, a resident croaker of RGKMCH. He added that elderly faculty members of RGKMCH who abnegated moment want the State government to take a prompt and visionary approach to fulfilling the demands so that the inferior croakers can end their indefinite hunger strike.
Meanwhile, elderly croakers of other State- run medical sodalities in Kolkata have also suggested at following suit, with faculty members of Medical College, Kolkata( MCK) hanging mass abdication if the government does n’t sit down for a discussion with resident croakers by Wednesday.
The government should invite inferior croakers for a discussion. A lot can be resolved at the discussion table.However, we will be impelled to mass abdicate in a show of support for our inferiors, ” a elderly faculty member of MCK said in a public advertisement on Tuesday( October 8, If they do n’t do so by hereafter.
In addition to the seven resident croakers on an indefinite hunger strike since Saturday, innumerous inferior croakers
in medical sodalities and private interpreters across the State on Tuesday also observed 12- hour and 24- hour fasts while on duty, to show solidarity with the inferior croakers’ demands.
On Monday, West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant had appealed to the agitating croakers to end their hunger strike and capsule duty, adding that the government is “ working towards perfecting the working terrain of hospitals and medical sodalities .
Protest rallies Amid Durga Puja fests, inferior and elderly croakers took to the thoroughfares in South and Central Kolkata on Tuesday, with two kick rallies forming from the demesne of the Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, and MCK.
This follows the Kolkata Police denying warrants to croakers for a kick rally on the originally proposed route in Central Kolkata between MCK and Esplanade on Tuesday, citing possible business traffic owing to Durga Puja fests in two major pandals at the conterminous College Square and Santosh Mitra Square.
Your programme at the appertained venue on the dusk of puja will beget great vexation to the public and severe dislocation which may lead to a serious law & order problem, ” the dispatch from the Kolkata Police read.
The police were veritably firm with their decision in not allowing the rally. But we went forward with it nevertheless, maintaining a clear path for business to move, ” said Udita Nag, a elderly croaker who was in communication with police regarding warrants for Tuesday’s rallies.
Dr. Nag is one of the croakers on 24- hour hunger strike since Monday evening.
