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September 14, 2024 16:32
Mamata Banerjee meets Doctors at Protest Site

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday visited the doctors' sit-in to end the standoff between the government and the protesting doctors and urged them to reach out to her. Doctors protested and staged a sit-in outside the Swasthya Bhawan, the headquarters of the West Bengal state health department, on Tuesday after a resident doctor was raped and killed at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata. Since then, there have been talks between the state government and the doctors, but these talks have recently stalled due to protesters' demands for live broadcast of the talks. Ms Banerjee came to the protest site on Saturday and asked in a conciliatory tone whether she could speak to the doctors. As slogans were shouted, she said “Listen to me for five minutes and then do your part. It is your democratic right to do so. I've waited a long time. I did it against the advice of the security forces.” Please come and pay your respects. I was also in the student movement, I know that my contribution is not important, it also rains all night, I also felt sick because I couldn't sleep".

Acknowledging that the protests have been going on for more than a month, she called on the protesting doctors to return to work and promised that the government would listen to their demands with compassion. “I will review the application. I will not run the government alone. I will speak to the Prime Minister, the Ministers and the Police Commissioner. I will ensure that action is taken against those found guilty. “I want justice.” for Thilothama and I request the CBI to expedite the investigation. If you trust me, talk to me and we will consider your request. Assuring doctors, she urged protesters to return to work, saying their families were worried about them and many patients were dying due to a lack of proper medical care. “Go back to your work. I will make sure there is no fraud. I will form a committee in each hospital with senior and senior doctors as members. Anyone found guilty will be punished. They are my friends. You are not ( Look at the statement of some officials. Talk to yourself and get back to work. I know you work a lot, I won't do that. "You are important" told Mamata Banerjee.

"This is our last desperate attempt to resolve the crisis... If you trust me, I will handle your complaint. And the next meeting is on Tuesday, but I have come to make this request not as Prime Minister but as your “Didi” (sister)", Banerjee said. She also added saying "I also went on a hunger strike for 26 days (during the agricultural land acquisition protest in Sengur) but no one from the government came to talk to me". At the end of Ms. Banerjee's speech, doctors shouted: "We want justice," and some protesters who spoke to reporters after her speech said they welcomed Ms. Banerjee's offer and said they wanted a "transparent" meeting. To broadcast the discussion live.

“We welcome Mamata Banerjee’s visit. We are ready to meet them. The media is here too. We welcome a clear meeting with her on our five demands. Let's do it." The West Bengal government invited the doctors to a meeting on Tuesday, but they declined the invitation as they demanded the resignation of the Health Minister. On Wednesday, doctors put forward four key demands for the talks: A delegation of at least 30 people should be allowed to take part and the talks should take place in the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, live in her five-point broadcast, which should be held below and on which the discussion should focus Three of the four demands for the meeting were met and the doctors came to the country's secretariat for the meeting on Thursday, but the meeting was not held as the government refused to broadcast the meeting live.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee explains the reasons why Thursday's meeting did not take place: she waited for more than two hours for doctors, the matter was in court and the live broadcast of her meeting said it was against protocol. Banerjee apologized to the people of West Bengal and said she was ready to resign, but also pointed to the "political color" of the protests.

The doctors' five demands include accountability and punishment of all those responsible for the rape, murder and destruction of all evidence, and strict disciplinary action against Sandeep Ghosh, former principal of RG Khar Medical College and Hospital. They have also demanded the resignation of Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Goyal, Health Minister Narayan Swarup Nigam and others. Provide adequate safety measures for healthcare workers. Another goal is to eliminate the “threat culture” that exists in state medical facilities.

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