The protesting doctors said they would not work in the Outpatient Department but would partially work in emergency and essential services.

The doctors will end their sit-in demonstration before Swasthya Bhawan, the headquarters of the state health department in Salt Lake, which was ongoing for the 10th day on Thursday.

( MENAFN - IANS) Kolkata, Sep 19 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday called upon the junior doctors to end their protest against the rape and murder of their colleague in R. G. Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata and return to work amid the looming health crisis in the state in the wake of the post-flood situation.

Protesting junior doctors in Kolkata expressed dissatisfaction over the lack of concrete assurances and stated that their sit-in demonstration would continue

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The junior doctors expressed “unhappiness” lack of concrete assurances and said their sit-in protests would continue.

Agitating junior doctors on Wednesday held the second round of talks with the West Bengal government to discuss the “unresolved” issues related to safety and security at the state-run hospitals and “prevailing threat culture”.

The second round of discussions between the West Bengal government and junior doctors over the RG Kar issue concluded after nearly two-and-a-half hours on Wednesday evening. The meeting, held at the state secretariat Nabanna,

The protesting junior doctors of Kolkata, who are continuing their ceasework even after a chunk of their demands have been met, have reached the state secretariat for another round of meeting about their remaining demands.

For over a month, the doctors have been protesting over the rape and murder of the trainee doctor, whose semi-naked body was found in the seminar hall of RG Kar Medical College and Hospital on August 9.