Junior Doctors Continue With ‘Cease Work' Despite SC's '5 PM Back to Work' Deadline in Kolkata

Kolkata: The agitating junior doctors protesting against the rape and murder of Abhaya at RG Kar Hospital in Kolkata, on Tuesday, defied the Supreme Court's directive to join duties by 5 PM on Tuesday. The doctors said they would continue with their ‘cease work’ till their demands were fulfilled and Abhaya was given justice.

On Monday, the top court directed the protesting resident doctors to resume work and said no adverse action should be taken against them regarding the resumption of work.

The court passed the direction after the West Bengal government assured it that no action, including punitive transfers, shall be taken against the protesting doctors on resumption of work.

"We will continue with the cease work as our demands are not fulfilled. We had asked the state government to remove the Kolkata Police Commissioner, health secretary, director of health services and the director of medical education by 5 PM. We are open to discussion," one of the agitating doctors told PTI.

The junior doctors began their ‘cease work’ on August 9, hours after the body of the woman post-graduate trainee was found in the seminar room of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

(with PTI inputs)