NEW DELHI: 50 Senior faculty members of RG Kar Medical College on Tuesday tendered resignations in support of the protesting junior doctors . The decision to resign en masse was taken at a meeting of the heads of various departments of the state-run hospital on Tuesday morning, they said. "This has been decided at today's meeting of the HoDs.
All 50 senior doctors of our hospital have signed their resignation letters. This is to express our solidarity towards those young doctors who are fighting for a cause," a senior doctor told PTI. Despite appeals from the West Bengal government urging the junior doctors to return to work, they have remained resolute in their 'fast-unto-death' protest.
Around 15 senior doctors joined the demonstration in solidarity, staging a symbolic hunger strike at Dorina Crossing in central Kolkata. Haryana Jammu & Kashmir Haryana Alliance View i Party View Seats: 90 L + W Majority: 46 BJP 50 CONG 35 INLD 1 AAP 0 OTH 4 Leads + Wins : 90 / 90 BJP LEADING Jammu & Kashmir Alliance View i Party View Seats: 90 L + W Majority: 46 JKNC 42 BJP 29 CONG 6 PDP 3 OTH 10 Leads + Wins : 90 / 90 JKNC LEADING Source: PValue Chief Secretary Manoj Pant has called for the medics to resume their duties. However, the junior doctors have made it clear that their priority is justice for their deceased colleague.
They are demanding the removal of Health Secretary NS Nigam and accountability for alleged administrative failures. On October 1, the junior doctors resumed a total .
