On the second day of the indefinite hunger strike, Aniket Mahato, a junior doctor from RG Kar hospital, joined six other fasting senior medics in the city's Esplanade area.

Kolkata: Almost two months have passed since the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, yet protests continue as doctors claim the West Bengal government has not fulfilled their demands.

The doctors said that they would continue to perform their duties but would not eat anything until their demands were met.

KOLKATA: The junior doctors, protesting over the rape and murder of a colleague at the RG Kar hospital, went on fast unto death on Saturday evening, claiming th

Junior doctors in Kolkata began a hunger strike on Saturday, alleging that the West Bengal government failed to meet their demands despite a 24-hour ultimatum. The protest escalated following their earlier "total cease work" action at state-run hospitals.

Junior doctors of the West Bengal Junior Doctors Front sat on a hunger strike as the government failed to meet their demands.Speaking on it, Dr Sayantani, West Bengal Junior Doctors Front, said, “Till the time our demands of justice on humanitarian grounds is not fulfilled,

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To ensure transparency, the protesting doctors have installed CCTV cameras at the protest site where the hunger strike is taking place.

The doctors held a sit-in demonstration on Friday and had set a 24-hour deadline for the state government to fulfil their demands. However, as their demands were not met, they began an indefinite hungerstrike from Saturday evening.