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Junior doctors at Sagar Dutta Medical College Hospital have announced a 'cease work' tomorrow following an incident where family members of a deceased 30-year-old woman allegedly assaulted doctors on Friday.
Police confirmed the incident, and said that the family members became violent after the woman's death. The doctors have reportedly expressed their frustration over broken government promises regarding their safety and demands. Sukanta Majumdar, BJP's Bengal President , reacted to the incident He said, "The demands of the doctors are not being met, no one is looking after the doctors, their voices are not being heard, and doctors are being attacked one after the other. The leadership is also attacking, so they are safe. The law and order situation of the entire state has worsened." BJP leader Dilip Ghosh said, " This is what should happen. If the government cancels events (strikes) and protects those who are guilty, then the government should be left breathless. Such a movement should happen. The public is completely with it. " The BJP leader added," Where there is no security for doctors in the hospital, how will they provide service? Attacking doctors is a fashion for some people; it becomes news. Even before this, many junior doctors went on strike, but there is no result. That is why everyone has come out on the road." Earlier in the day, four people had been detained in connection with the attack on doctors and nurses at the College. Barrackpore Commissioner of Police Alok Rajoria confirmed the arrests after visiting the hospital to meet the protesting junior doctors. "We detained four people yesterday. Action is being taken by identifying individuals based on CCTV footage. A meeting was held today, where many issues were discussed. There were some concerns related to private security in the hospital, as well as police and hospital administration... all points were addressed" the Barrackpore Police Commissioner said. West Bengal Health Secretary Narayan Swarup Nigam also visited the hospital to meet with the junior doctors and nurses. He held discussions with Rajoria and hospital officials, including junior doctors who had launched a cease work protest following the violence. "We have heard from the doctors and the nurses. The culprits have been arrested and from today, additional CCTVs are being installed. We will take all sorts of precautionary measures," Nigam said. (ANI)
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