Senior faculty members of RG Kar Hospital submits mass resignations

In West Bengal, 50 senior faculty members of Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have submitted mass resignations on Tuesday. They did this in support of the junior doctors who are participating in a hunger strike in Kolkata.While submitting the resignations, the senior doctors claimed that the demands of their junior colleagues had not been met and that there was "no development" in the probe linked to the rape and murder of the trainee doctor.They also urged the administration of RG Kar hospital to "reconcile" with protesting doctors, who are on 'fast-unto-death' demanding justice for the trainee doctor.
"The health of the protesting doctors who are currently sitting on hunger strike is deteriorating. We request the government to come into reconciliation with protesting doctors and the ones who are sitting on an indefinite hunger strike," senior doctors said in their letter to RG Kar hospital's administration. "We senior doctors of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital are giving mass resignation as the government seems to be oblivious to the deteriorating condition of the doctors on hunger strike and if the situation demands we will also go for individual resignation," the senior doctors added in a statement.
Meanwhile, another doctor's organisation, Joint Platform of Doctors (JPD), also issued a statement in support of their junior colleagues.Junior doctors continued their 'fast-unto-death' for the fourth consecutive day on Tuesday amid Durga Puja festivities demanding justice for the RG Kar rape-murder victim, even as around 15 senior doctors joined them in solidarity by staging a symbolic hunger strike.The doctors have presented a 10-point charter of demands focused on enhancing security in hospitals, addressing a culture of intimidation, and improving patient care services. Key demands include the removal of the Health Secretary, an investigation into alleged corruption within the West Bengal Medical Council and Health Recruitment Board, and the establishment of student council elections in all medical colleges