Kolkata, Sep 12 (UNI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday made a fresh appeal to the agitating junior medics to resume work, reminding them of the Supreme Court directive after talks between her government and the agitating doctors failed to take off again.
The stalemate continued after the medics demanded the meeting be telecast live from the state secretariat Nabanna. Still, the government insisted that can not be done since the case was sub-judice and the CBI was probing the rape and murder of a 31-year-old lady medic at the RG Kar hospital on August 9.
After waiting for over two hours, the chief minister held a media conference and left Nabanna around 7 pm.
Banerjee said: “We very much sympathise with the agitating doctors, as we want justice for Tillotoma but at the same time We are answerable to the common people who are facing trouble for not getting treatment for over one month.”
Banerjee claimed 27 people had died, over 7 lakh people were deprived of treatment and over 1500 patients were waiting to be operated on.
The chief minister said barring three to four junior doctors, the others wanted to talk to the government. She claimed some of the medics were acting at the behest of other forces, who wanted “the chair”.
However, the medics denied the allegation.
