There is no link between NPR and NRC, clarifies MoS Kishan Reddy
Dec 26, 2019, at 07:21 pm
Hyderabad/UNI: Union Minister of State of Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Thursday strongly condemned the deliberate and baseless misinformation campaign being spread by the opposition parties and a section of media that NPR is a precursor to NRC.
Doctors are our pride, without them many lives would have been lost: Mamata Banerjee
Jul 01, 2019, at 05:53 pm
Kolkata, Jul 01 (UNI) On the occasion of Doctors’ Day today, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee felicitated eminent doctors with the Bishista Chikitshak Award at a ceremony at SSKM Hospital, saying, " Doctors are our pride, without them many lives would have been lost. "
Guv Keshari Nath Tripathi welcomes end of medical stalemate in Bengal
Jun 17, 2019, at 10:00 pm
Kolkata, Jun 17 (IBNS): West Bengal Governor Keshari Nath Tripathi on Monday welcomed the resolution of the crisis caused by the state-wide strike of junior doctors consequent upon recent incidents of violence on doctors at Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) in Kolkata.
7-day-long doctors' strike ends in Kolkata after Mamata assures redressal
Jun 17, 2019, at 08:56 pm
Kolkata, Jun 17 (IBNS): Hours after their delegation held a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat Nabanna in Kolkata on Monday, protesting junior doctors of Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) have called off their indefinite strike.
We had a fruitful meeting with delegation of junior doctors: CM Mamata Banerjee
Jun 17, 2019, at 06:04 pm
Kolkata, June 17 (IBNS): Meeting a delegation of protesting junior doctors of Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) at state secretariat Nabanna on Monday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said the result of the meeting was 'fruitful'.
Mamata Banerjee allows media coverage of meeting with protesting NRS doctors
Jun 17, 2019, at 02:54 pm
Kolkata, Jun 17 (IBNS): Agreeing to the demands of the agitators, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has allowed media to cover her meeting with protesting Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) at state headquarters Nabanna.
Protesting NRS junior doctors firm on demanding media coverage of meeting with Mamata
Jun 17, 2019, at 02:35 pm
Kolkata, Jun 17 (IBNS): The protesting Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) junior doctors have once again reiterated their demand of media coverage of the meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Protesting doctors ready to meet CM Mamata Banerjee at her venue, but demand media presence
Jun 16, 2019, at 07:20 pm
Kolkata, June 16 (IBNS): The junior doctors, who have been agitating in Kolkata since Tuesday following a violent attack on their colleagues at Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) by a patient's family members who brought a truck of 200 men, have agreed to meet West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at a venue of her choice but in the presence of the media.
Junior doctors' protest at NRS enters sixth day
Jun 16, 2019, at 01:28 pm
Kolkata, Jun 16 (IBNS): The protest strike by the junior doctors at the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH) in Kolkata entered its sixth day on Sunday as the protesters decided in a late night meeting on Saturday that they would not meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at state secretariat Nabanna.
Harsh Vardhan writes to all CMs, calls for strict action against any person who assaults doctors
Jun 15, 2019, at 05:14 pm
New Delhi, June 15 (IBNS): In view of the recent assault on doctors in West Bengal, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, on Saturday wrote a letter to the Chief Ministers of all States and UTs drawing their attention for strict action against any person who assaults doctors.
TMC MP Mimi Chakraborty 'thanks' doctors, expresses hope that there be 'light sooner'
Jun 15, 2019, at 04:00 pm
Kolkata, June 15 (IBNS): Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty, who is also a popular Bengali actress, on Saturday expressed solidarity with the protesting doctors and said she expects to see the 'light' soon.
PBT president Kunal Saha urges Union Health Minister to take action against NRS protesters
Jun 15, 2019, at 03:15 pm
Kolkata, Jun 15 (IBNS): A day after the top court held that doctors must not go on a strike, People for Better Treatment (PBT) president Dr. Kunal Saha has appealed to Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan to take action against the NRS junior doctors.
IMA president Shantanu Sen urges protesting NRS doctors to meet Mamata
Jun 15, 2019, at 01:52 pm
Kolkata, Jun 15 (IBNS): After visiting the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH), Indian Medical Association (IMA) president Dr. Shantanu Sen, who is also a leader of the ruling Trinamool Congress, has urged the protesters to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to find a solution to the ongoing medical crisis. The junior doctors so far remained adamant and demanded that the CM should come and meet them at NRS.
Kolkata protest: 300 doctors resign in Bengal, strike enters fifth day
Jun 15, 2019, at 07:37 am
Kolkata, June 15 (IBNS): Amid reports that 300 doctors, which include the heads of departments of medical colleges and other hospitals in Kolkata, Burdwan, Darjeeling and North 24 Parganas districts, have resigned from their positions, the ongoing strike of the protesting medical practitioners entered its fifth day on Saturday.
Calcutta HC goes tough with Mamata government, asks to mediate with NRS doctors
Jun 14, 2019, at 07:50 pm
Kolkata, Jun 14 (IBNS): Going tough with the Mamata Banerjee-led West Bengal government, the Calcutta High Court on Friday asked the ruling dispensation to mediate with the junior doctors protesting against the attack on their mate Paribaha Mukhopadhyay.
Several artists join doctors' protest over NRS issue in Kolkata
Jun 14, 2019, at 06:47 pm
Kolkata, Jun 14 (IBNS): In a solidarity with the agitators, several eminent personalities joined the doctors' protest against the attack on junior doctor of Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College and Hospital (NRSMCH), Paribaha Mukhopadhyay, on Thursday evening.
Indian Medical Association announces nation-wide strike of doctors on June 17
Jun 14, 2019, at 05:35 pm
Kolkata/new Delhi, June 14 (IBNS): Amid protests by doctors in Kolkata, which has now spread in several parts of the nation, country's leading medical body, Indian Medical Association on Friday called for a nationwide strike on June 17.
Jun 14, 2019, at 04:34 pm
New Delhi, June 14 (IBNS): Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, on Friday met a delegation of Resident Doctors Association of AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital, Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, United Resident & Doctors Association of India (URDA) and Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA), who gave a representation to the Health Minister on the violence against doctors in West Bengal.
TMC MP from Ghatal Dev bats for striking doctors in Kolkata
Jun 14, 2019, at 04:29 pm
Kolkata, Jun 14 (IBNS/UNI) Trinamool Congress leader Dev, who is also a popular Bengali film actor, on Friday came expressed solidarity with the protesting doctors and said the current situation must come to an end.
I appeal to Mamata Banerjee to withdraw her ultimatum to medical community: Harsh Vardhan
Jun 14, 2019, at 04:20 pm
Kolkata/New Delhi, June 14 (IBNS): Amid protests by doctors in Kolkata, which has now spread to different parts of the country, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday urged West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to 'withdraw' her ultimatum to medical community.
Medical services hit across India as doctors strike work against Kolkata attack
Jun 14, 2019, at 04:16 pm
New Delhi, Jun 14 (UNI) Medical services across the nation on Friday witnessed a slowdown as doctors across the nation marked their protest against the incidents of violence against doctors in West Bengal.
Karnataka doctors express their solidarity with their Kolkata counterparts
Jun 14, 2019, at 04:06 pm
Bengaluru, Jul 14(UNI) In solidarity with the victims of attack at NRS Medical College Doctors in West Bengal, Doctors in Karnataka had decided to lent their support by organizing a protest march in the City today.
95 doctors resign at RG Kar hospital, seek unconditional apology from CM
Jun 14, 2019, at 03:02 pm
Kolkata, Jun 14 (UNI): In a major blow to the health system in West Bengal, 95 senior doctors of state run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital today jointly signed a resignation letter, demanding an unconditional apology from chief minister Mamata Banerjee if she wanted them to return to work.
Amid protest by junior doctors, NRS Principal, Superintendent resigns
Jun 13, 2019, at 10:50 pm
Kolkata, Jun 13 (IBNS): With no breakthrough in the protest by junior doctors, Principal and the Medical Superintendent-cum-Vice-Principal (MSVP) of the Nil Ratan Sircar Medical College in Kolkata, which is the ground zero of the agitation, have tendered their resignations on Thursday night.
NRS protest: Mamata Banerjee urges all to restore normal healthcare services
Jun 13, 2019, at 08:06 pm
Kolkata, Jun 13 (IBNS): After a face-off with the protesting junior doctors at SSKM Hospital on Thursday afternoon, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has now urged all to resume their works.
In support of Bengal doctors, AIIMS doctors announce complete shutdown
Jun 13, 2019, at 05:36 pm
New Delhi, Jun 13 (UNI): Members of Resident Doctors' Association of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on Thursday announced a complete shutdown against "worsening of violence against medical doctors in West Bengal."
NRS junior students continue protest, want their safety to be ensured
Jun 13, 2019, at 12:38 pm
Kolkata, Jun 13 (IBNS): Continuing their protest against the attack on a junior doctor at Nil Ratan Sircar (NRS) Medical College and Hospital, the agitating doctors said they would continue with the stir unless their safety was ensured by the state administration. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee meanwhile directed all agitating doctors at the state-run SSKM Hospital to resume services within four hours.
PIL against striking doctors at Calcutta High Court
Jun 12, 2019, at 08:04 pm
Kolkata, June 12 (IBNS): People for Better Treatment (PBT) filed an urgent PIL in the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday against the state health department, West Bengal Medical Council and the NRS hospital concerning the ongoing strike by doctors.
West Bengal: Twelve-hour shut down in hospitals over attack on NRS junior doctors
Jun 12, 2019, at 11:29 am
Kolkata, Jun 12 (IBNS): A 12-hour shut down in hospitals began on Wednesday to mark the protest against the attack on a junior doctor of Nil Ratan Sircar (NRS) Medical College and Hospital by relatives of a patient who died, media reports said.
ABVP condemns attack on NRS doctors; Hospital services hit
Jun 11, 2019, at 05:47 pm
Kolkata, Jun 11 (UNI) The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) today condemned mob attack on NRS doctors and demanded immediate arrest of the culprits.