WB govt and junior doctors delegation meets, finalize minutes of meeting

The meeting between the West Bengal government and the agitating junior doctors got over after nearly two hours after which both sides were in the process of finalizing the minutes of the meeting sources said on Monday nightThe delegation of doctors which arrived at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees Kalighat residence for the crucial talks at 620 pm were inside and were working on the minutes of the meeting sources saidAfter four unsuccessful bids to initiate a dialogue to resolve the more than a monthlong deadlock a delegation of 35 agitating junior doctors came for the meeting this eveningThe meeting which was originally scheduled at 5 pm began around 650 pm and ended at around 9 PMMeeting held at Mamatas Kalighat homeThe first round of talks between the West Bengal government and the agitating junior doctors is underway at Chief Minister Mamata Banerjees Kalighat residence to address the RG Kar impasseAfter four unsuccessful bids to initiate a dialogue to resolve the deadlock a delegation of agitating junior doctors arrived at her residence for the crucial talks on Monday eveningEscorted by a pilot police vehicle around 30 medics arrived at Banerjees residence at 620 pm The meeting which was originally scheduled at 5 pm began around 7 pm and is still continuingTV channels reporters that the doctors submitted a memorandum to the CM listing their demandsAhead of the meeting Banerjee while speaking to a Bengali news channel appealed to the junior doctors to end the cease workI would appeal to the junior doctors to come and sit for the talks Every issue can be resolved through discussions And we must strive to find a solution There is a hearing on this case at the Supreme Court tomorrow Tuesday we are hopeful of finding a solution she told News 18 BanglaPrevious attempts to resolve the issue got stuck due to the state governments rejection of the doctors demand for livestreaming and video recordings of the meetingThe agitating medics later agreed to a compromise now only asking to record the minutes of the meeting and receive a signed copyThe state government accepted this condition with Chief Secretary Manoj Pant saying both parties will sign the minutes of the meeting and share copies for clarityThe state government also allowed the two stenographers accompanying the agitating doctors inside the venue to record the minutes of the meetingThe agitating doctors however have stuck to their demandsWe also want the issue to be resolved but not at the cost of any form of compromise on our five demands We are going to the meeting to discuss all the issues with an open mind an agitating doctor who is present at the meeting said before leaving for the talksMeanwhile the doctors continued their sitin outside Swasthya Bhawan the headquarters of the Health Department for eight days and the cease work for the 36th day seeking justice for the doctor who was rapedmurdered at RG Kar Hospital and removal of Kolkata Police Commissioner and senior state health officialsEarlier in the day the state government for the fifth and the final time invited the protesting doctors for talks to end the impasse two days after the dialogue failed to take off over disagreement on livestreaming of the meetingOn Saturday Banerjee made a surprise visit to the protest site and assured the doctors that their demands would be addressedHowever the proposed meeting fell through when the protesters claimed they were asked to leave unceremoniously after waiting for three hours at the gates of the CMs residenceThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever