junior doctors

CM replaces top police & health officials, as promised

As promised yesterday by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the press conference after the long-awaited meeting with the protesting junior doctors, and as demanded by the latter as part of their five-point list of demands, the commissioner of police (CP) of Kolkata, deputy commissioner (North Division) (DC (North)) of Kolkata Police, director of health services (DHS) and director of medical education (DME) were replaced today.

SC orders junior docs back to work by 5 pm Tuesday

All the junior doctors at government medical colleges across Bengal ceasing work to protest the rape and murder of a second-year postgraduate trainee at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata, must resume their hospital duties by 5 pm on Tuesday, September 10, the Supreme Court ordered today morning.