Junior doctors in Kolkata ended their hunger strike after a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. They discussed various issues and received assurances for directives. The strike was in response to the murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical College.

Protesting doctors also called off their proposed shutdown in West Bengal health sector from Tuesday till an indefinite period.

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Striking junior doctors meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the State Secretariat on October 21, 2024.

Kolkata/IBNS: The highly-anticipated meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and protesting junior doctors aimed at resolving the ongoing crisis following the brutal rape and murder of a medic at RG Kar Medical College took place for nearly two hours on Monday evening.

The agitators also withdrew their call for a complete shutdown of the health sector in the state that was scheduled for Tuesday.

The junior doctors initiated a 'cease-work' on August 9 following the alleged rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Hospital, and the hunger strike began on October 5.

Junior doctors in India's eastern city of Kolkata called off on Monday a 17-day-old hunger strike launched in protest against the rape and murder of a colleague, they said, in response to an appeal by the victim's parents.

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After their meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, protesting junior doctors and those on indefinite hunger strike, have decided to call off their fast unto death. It has been 16 days since the doctors have been on a hunger strike.