West Bengal: Protesting doctors to meet CM Mamata Banerjee today
New Delhi, June 17 (IBNS): The protesting doctors are all set to meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat Nabanna as their strike entered its sixth day on Monday.
Harsh Vardhan writes to all CMs, calls for strict action against any person who assaults doctors
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'
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.
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
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
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
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.
Calcutta HC asks the government of file an affidavit on doctors' strike within a week
Kolkata, Jun 14 (UNI) A two-judge bench of Calcutta High Court today restrained from issuing an order on the on-going strike by junior doctors, but suggested the state government to find out an immediate solution to the crisis that had crippled the health services across the state since Tuesday.
Kolkata Doctor's strike: Protest reaches Maharashtra and Delhi, OPDs to remain shut today
Kolkata, June 14 (IBNS): Showing solidarity with protesting doctors in West Bengal, OPD services and routine surgeries in government hospitals in Delhi and Maharashtra will remain shut on Friday, media reports said.