Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters 10th day, another protesting medic hospitalised

Meanwhile, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant had on Sunday written to the Joint Platform of Doctors (JPD), urging them to call off their proposed demonstration on October 15, stating that the stir was coinciding with the state government’s annual ‘Durga Pujo Carnival’ to be organised on the same day.He also invited them for a meeting at state health department headquarters Swasthya Bhawan on Monday to discuss their demands.In an email, Pant also urged the JPD to “advise” the junior doctors to end their hunger strike in the interest of their health and well-being.The junior doctors have been demanding justice for the RG Kar hospital victim, immediate removal of Health Secretary N S Nigam, workplace security and other measures.



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