'Pray to You to Come to Kolkata': Doctors' Body Writes to PM Modi Amid Fast-Unto-Death

Kolkata: It has been two months since the gruesome rape and murder of a trainee doctor at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata and the medical professionals across the country have been protesting ever since. Amid doctors' fast-unto-death, the Federation of Medical Association (FeMA) has written a letter to PM Modi, requesting him to come to Kolkata.

FeMA Writes to PM Modi, Requests Him to Come to Kolkata

As the doctors' fast-unto-death in Kolkata's RG Kar enters day nine, the Federation of Medical Association (FeMA) has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi , requesting him to come to Kolkata and support the medics, as they seek justice for Abhaya.

The letter reads - 

Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi,

Honourable Prime Minister,

Republic of India

Respected Sir,

We the Doctors of West Bengal, pray to you to come to Kolkata.

Save our Junior Doctors. Save our children.

They are 'FASTING UNTO DEATH'. They are dying as 'Atma Ahuti'

Federation of Medical Associations

(FeMA)

Fast-Unto-Death Enters Day 9, 3 Medics Hospitalised So Far

A junior doctor on hunger strike over the recent rape and murder of a female medic at Kolkata’s R G Kar Medical College was hospitalised on Saturday after his health worsened, officials said. The protest, which began earlier this month, has already seen two other medics hospitalised as their health worsened during the fast. Anustup Mukherjee, a junior doctor at Medical College, Kolkata, was rushed to the hospital after his colleagues noticed severe symptoms, including blood in his stool and intense stomach pain. His condition is reportedly "serious," and doctors on-site recommended immediate treatment. “He was in a bad state and needed urgent care,” one of the protesting doctors told PTI. 

The hunger strike, which started on October 5 in Kolkata's Esplanade area, has seen growing concern for the health of the protesting junior doctors. Earlier in the day, Alok Varma from North Bengal Medical College became the second doctor to be hospitalized, following Aniket Mahato, who was admitted to the ICU of RG Kar Hospital three days earlier.