The junior doctors called off their 'total cease work' at state-run medical colleges and hospitals around 8.30 pm on Friday but threatened to launch a hunger strike till death if their demands were not met by the West Bengal government within 24 hours.

Junior doctors at RG Kar hospital in Kolkata have decided to end the strike while they have planned to continue their protest through sit-in demonstrations and hunger strike.

The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum on Friday announced its decision to withdraw the cease-work demonstration considering the interest of the common people who come for medical services.

Agitating junior doctors in Kolkata continue sit-in after calling off cease work, threatened to launch a hunger strike

Agitating junior doctors on Friday evening began a sit-in on a road in central Kolkata’s Dharmatala area alleging that police lathi-charged.

Kolkata doctor rape-murder: The doctors had gone on a complete cease work for 42 days previously following the rape and murder of a fellow medic at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.

Kolkata: Even after calling off their ‘total cease work’ agitation on Friday evening, junior doctors continued their sit-in protest in central Kolkata throughout the night. They staged the sit-in to protest against alleged police atrocities. They alleged that police lathi-charged a few of them during a rally to press for justice for the 31-year-old trainee […]

The doctors also reiterated their demand to form a central enquiry committee for disciplinary proceedings against those involved in

Kolkata, Oct 4 (IANS): The West Bengal Junior Doctors' Forum (WBJDF), spearheading the movement against the ghastly rape and murder of a junior doctor of R.G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in August this year, on Friday announced its decision to withdraw the cease-work demonstration considering the interest of the com.....