RG Kar Case: IMA Writes To Mamata Banerjee Govt Over Doctors' Hunger Strike, Says 'Security Not Luxury'

The Indian Medical Association urged West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee to intervene in the ongoing hunger strike by junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of a trainee doctor.

The IMA has written to Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee over hunger strike by junior doctors.

Source : PTI

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) has written to the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee over the ongoing hunger strike of junior doctors in the wake of the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital. 

In the letter, the medical association has stressed that the protesting doctors "deserve immediate attention" from the government. It appealed to the Chief Minister to settle issues with the junior doctors as an elder and the Head of the Government. 

"It has been almost a week since the young doctors of Bengal are on a fast-unto-death struggle. Indian Medical Association supports their just demands. They deserve your immediate attention," the IMA said in its letter, reported PTI. 

"The Government of West Bengal is entirely capable of meeting all the demands. Peaceful ambience and security are not a luxury. They are a prerequisite. We appeal to your good self to settle the issues with the young generation doctors as an elder and the Head of the Government," it added. 

"The entire medical fraternity of India is concerned and trusts you would be able to save their lives. If the offices of the Indian Medical Association could be of any help we would gladly assist," the letter read further. 

Meanwhile, one of the junior doctors on hunger strike was hospitalised in the Esplanade area on Thursday night after his health deteriorated. The medic, Aniket Mahato was taken to RG Kar hospital and will be admitted to the intensive care unit," senior doctor Subarna Goswami told a news channel.

Mahato's pulse rate was very low and his other health parameters were also not normal, said another agitating doctor accompanying him. 

The medic is among a few others who have been at the forefront of the agitation seeking justice for the rape and murder victim. 

The junior doctors called a "cease work" in protest and ended the 42-day stir on September 21 following assurances from the state government to look into their demands. However, on Saturday they began the indefinite fast at the Dorina Crossing in Dharmatala in the heart of Kolkata, claiming that the government did not fulfil their demands.