No agreements have been reached after greater than two hours of conferences between Chief Secretary Manoj Pant and senior docs’ organisations on Monday — the tenth day of West Bengal Junior Docs’ Entrance (WBJDF) members’ quick unto loss of life.
Chief Secretary Manoj Pant mentioned, “We famous down their calls for. We mentioned very clearly that we already meet seven out of ten calls for. Some are on the best way to completion and a few are making optimistic progress. Relating to the completion of the remainder of the calls for, we clearly mentioned that we will’t give a timeline.”
He additional added, “We once more appealed to the junior docs that they need to withdraw their quick unto loss of life. We’re anxious about their bodily situation.”
Nonetheless, after the assembly, senior docs expressed their frustration, saying it had no fruitful consequence. A consultant of senior docs, Subarna Goswami, mentioned, “We anticipated that the federal government would come to the assembly with full preparation however we’re annoyed. Even the Well being Secretary was not current within the assembly.”
One other consultant Biplab Chandra mentioned, “Junior docs’ calls for are very reliable and so they need fruitful outcomes. However, after this assembly, we’re not certain if the state authorities is in any respect very optimistic about assembly these calls for.”
West Bengal Chief Secretary Manoj Pant convened a high-level assembly with totally different docs’ associations, together with the Indian Medical Affiliation (IMA), on Monday on the state Well being Division’s Swasthya Bhawan. Not less than 12 docs’ organisations have been current. Dwelling Secretary Nandini Chakraborty and different senior well being officers have been additionally current.
“If a decision comes out, it’s welcome. We is not going to compromise. If the state authorities exhibits optimistic intention, our ten-point demand ought to be met,” mentioned a junior physician.
Protests in West Bengal, and subsequently in different states, erupted over the protection of healthcare professionals in August after a trainee physician was discovered raped and murdered at R G Kar Medical Faculty and Hospital.
