RG Kar Protest: Bengal Doctors Call Off Hunger Strike After Meeting CM Mamata Banerjee

Junior doctors on Monday called off hunger strike protest after 17 Days over the RG Kar rape-murder case. Protest ends after a meeting with CM Mamata Banerjee.

Agitating Junior doctors on Monday called off hunger strike protest after 17 Days over the RG Kar rape-murder case, just hours after meeting with West Bengal's chief minister. The medics also called off their planned strike in the state's hospitals on Tuesday. The decision was taken following a general body meeting of the doctors.

Speaking to news agency PTI, Debashish Halder, one of the junior medics said, "In today's meeting (with the CM), we were assured of some directives, but the state government's body language was not positive... The general public has been extremely supportive of us. They, as well as the parents of our deceased sister (RG Kar hospital victim), have asked us to suspend the hunger strike due to our deteriorating health."

“We are therefore withdrawing our ‘fast-unto-death’ and also Tuesday’s total shutdown in the health sector,” he added.