The junior doctors of Kolkata have declared that they would continue their protest against the horrific rape-murder of a young doctor at Kolkata’s RG Kar hospital till justice is done. The announcement came late on Monday evening – hours after the Supreme Court gave them a 5-pm-Tuesday deadline to join work.
The doctors said the protest is “a people’s movement and neither the government nor the Supreme Court should forget that”.
The junior doctors have been observing ‘cease work’ at state-run hospitals for nearly a month now.
During its hearing of the case earlier on Monday, the top court had said the protesting doctors should return to work by Tuesday evening.
“In order to create sense of confidence we state that in the event that doctors come to work by 5 PM tomorrow, no adverse actions shall be taken. If there is continuous abstention from work despite the facilities given, there will be likelihood of action in future,” Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud had said.
