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Medical Body IMA To Hold 24-Hour Hunger Strike To Support Bengal Doctors
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) announced a 24-hour nationwide hunger strike on October 15 to support doctors in West Bengal, seeking justice for the young doctor who was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
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"Embarrassed": Prominent Kolkata Muslims' Open Letter To Mamata Banerjee
In the wake of the attack on doctors and harassment of model Ushoshi Sengupta by some members of their community, a group of prominent Muslims has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking for stringent action against the culprits to dispel the "perception" that they are being "shielded or appeased".
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Mamata Banerjee Promises Better Security At Meet With Striking Doctors
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today suggested 10-point security measures for safety of doctors in hospitals that would prevent a recurrence of attacks by relatives of patients.
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300 Doctors Quit In Bengal, Centre Blames Mamata Banerjee: 10 Points
Nearly 300 doctors resigned from government hospitals in West Bengal as their protest against an attack on their colleagues earlier this week in Kolkata escalated on Friday. Demanding better security at hospitals, doctors in Bengal and across India skipped work and held demonstrations. The country's top medical body also announced a nationwide stri...
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"Have Forgiven Them": Mamata Banerjee Alleges Striking Doctors Abused Her
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the protesting junior doctors of Kolkata's SSKM Hospital of verbally abusing her during her visit.
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Doctors' Strike Conspiracy Of The Left, BJP, Says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah of encouraging his party workers to create communal tension in the state.
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AIIMS Doctors To Boycott Work Tomorrow In Support Of Bengal Agitation
Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi today attended to patients in helmets and bandages to convey their support for counterparts in West Bengal who have gone on strike to protest an attack on a colleague three days ago. According to news agency PTI, they have also decided to "boycott" work tomorrow.
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Striking Doctors Set Terms After Mamata Banerjee's Ultimatum: 10 Points
Striking junior doctors of Kolkata's government hospitals today defied Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 2 pm deadline to get back to work, saying that won't happen until they get better security. They also met Governor Kesari Nath Tripathi to discuss the situation. Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP and the CPM of engineering the strike and playin...
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Bengal Doctors' Strike Worsens, 9-To-9 Shutdown At Government Hospitals
Health services in Bengal may be headed for a total shutdown today as senior doctors at the state-run hospitals join the protest called by the junior doctors. Services at the state-run institutions across Bengal were hit on Tuesday after junior doctors launched a protest against attack on an intern at a Kolkata hospital over alleged negligence by f...
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Medical Body IMA To Hold 24-Hour Hunger Strike To Support Bengal Doctors
The Indian Medical Association (IMA) announced a 24-hour nationwide hunger strike on October 15 to support doctors in West Bengal, seeking justice for the young doctor who was raped and murdered at R.G. Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
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"Embarrassed": Prominent Kolkata Muslims' Open Letter To Mamata Banerjee
In the wake of the attack on doctors and harassment of model Ushoshi Sengupta by some members of their community, a group of prominent Muslims has written to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking for stringent action against the culprits to dispel the "perception" that they are being "shielded or appeased".
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Mamata Banerjee Promises Better Security At Meet With Striking Doctors
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today suggested 10-point security measures for safety of doctors in hospitals that would prevent a recurrence of attacks by relatives of patients.
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300 Doctors Quit In Bengal, Centre Blames Mamata Banerjee: 10 Points
Nearly 300 doctors resigned from government hospitals in West Bengal as their protest against an attack on their colleagues earlier this week in Kolkata escalated on Friday. Demanding better security at hospitals, doctors in Bengal and across India skipped work and held demonstrations. The country's top medical body also announced a nationwide stri...
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"Have Forgiven Them": Mamata Banerjee Alleges Striking Doctors Abused Her
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused the protesting junior doctors of Kolkata's SSKM Hospital of verbally abusing her during her visit.
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Doctors' Strike Conspiracy Of The Left, BJP, Says Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday accused Home Minister and BJP president Amit Shah of encouraging his party workers to create communal tension in the state.
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AIIMS Doctors To Boycott Work Tomorrow In Support Of Bengal Agitation
Doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi today attended to patients in helmets and bandages to convey their support for counterparts in West Bengal who have gone on strike to protest an attack on a colleague three days ago. According to news agency PTI, they have also decided to "boycott" work tomorrow.
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Striking Doctors Set Terms After Mamata Banerjee's Ultimatum: 10 Points
Striking junior doctors of Kolkata's government hospitals today defied Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's 2 pm deadline to get back to work, saying that won't happen until they get better security. They also met Governor Kesari Nath Tripathi to discuss the situation. Mamata Banerjee has accused the BJP and the CPM of engineering the strike and playin...
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Bengal Doctors' Strike Worsens, 9-To-9 Shutdown At Government Hospitals
Health services in Bengal may be headed for a total shutdown today as senior doctors at the state-run hospitals join the protest called by the junior doctors. Services at the state-run institutions across Bengal were hit on Tuesday after junior doctors launched a protest against attack on an intern at a Kolkata hospital over alleged negligence by f...
