Accept demands, return to work: Mamata to docs

June 15, 2019 18:47

With the doctors' strike in West Bengal inching towards a sixth day, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said she accepts all valid demands of the protesting doctors and requested them to return to work.

Banerjee, addressing the media this evening, said, "We are not going to take any strict action against the doctors".

Meanwhile, the central government has asked for a report from the state, sources said on Saturday.

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan also wrote to all chief ministers, calling for strict action against anybody who assaults doctors.

The strike, triggered by an attack on two junior doctors by a patient's family on Monday, has spilled over to other states.

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