Protesting doctors write to President Murmu, PM Modi seeking intervention in impasse

Copies of the four-page letter written by the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front were also sent to Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda.

Updated - September 13, 2024 09:00 pm IST - Kolkata

File picture of protesting doctors in Kolkata addressing the media

File picture of protesting doctors in Kolkata addressing the media | Photo Credit: ANI

Agitating junior doctors in West Bengal have written to President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting their intervention in the impasse with the case related to the rape and murder of a doctor at R.G. Kar hospital.

Copies of the four-page letter written by the West Bengal Junior Doctors' Front were also sent to Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar and Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda.

Also read: The Hindu editorial on the Kolkata protest

A post-graduate trainee was raped and murdered in State-run R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9. Junior doctors have been on 'cease work' since then.

"We humbly place the issues before your esteemed excellency, as the head of state, so that our unfortunate colleague who has been the victim of the most despicable crime shall receive justice, and so that we, the healthcare professionals under the West Bengal Health department, may be able to discharge our duties to the public without fear and apprehension.

"Your intervention in these trying times will act as a beacon of light to us all, showing us the way ahead out of the darkness that surrounds us," they wrote.

One of the agitating doctors, Aniket Mahato, told PTI that the letter was drafted earlier this month and sent on Thursday night.

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