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Kolkata doctor rape-murder: Junior doctors’ hunger strike enters 10th day, another protesting medic hospitalised
Updated On: 14 October, 2024 10:58 AM IST | Kolkata | mid-day online correspondent
Chief Secretary Manoj Pant reached out to the Joint Platform of Doctors on Sunday, urging them to call off their planned demonstration on October 15 as it coincides with the state government's annual ‘Durga Pujo Carnival’
Local light their mobile torches at the protest site where junior doctors are sitting on a hunger strike in protest against the alleged rape and murder of a junior medic at the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, in Kolkata, Sunday, October 13. (Pic/PTI)
The ‘fast-unto-death’ by junior doctors in West Bengal, initiated to advocate for their demands following the RG Kar hospital incident, has now entered its 10th day, even as another doctor was admitted to hospital after his health condition deteriorated, reported news agency PTI.
The situation escalated as another protesting doctor, Pulastha Acharya from NRS Medical College and Hospital, was hospitalised on Sunday night after experiencing severe stomach pain.
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