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Mamata dials medics to break RG Kar deadlock

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October 20, 2024

A day after junior doctors threatened to go for complete cease-work in all government and private hospitals in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday appealed to the protesting medics over the phone to withdraw their fast unto-death.

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Mamata dials medics to break RG Kar deadlock

Hours after making the appeal, Banerjee also invited the junior doctors to meet with her at Nabanna on Monday, saying both can hold discussions to resolve the impasse over the RG Kar hospital rape-murder.

In a letter addressed to the junior doctors, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant invited them for talks on Monday at 5 pm. Pant said that most of the doctors' demands had already been addressed. "The Hon'ble chief minister hopes that this message will be received with the understanding that the junior doctors will immediately end the hunger strike in the interest of public health and well-being.

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