Calcutta High Court refuses to pass interim order on Bengal doctors' strike ...Court tells the Bengal government to persuade doctors to return to work

PTI, 14 June 2019, Calcutta: Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to pass any interim order on the strike by junior doctors in state-run hospitals in protest against the attack on two of their colleagues by family members of a patient.

The division bench of Chief Justice T.B.N. Radhakrishnan and Justice Suvra Ghosh asked the state government to persuade the striking doctors to resume work and provide usual services to patients.

The court also directed the Mamata Banerjee-led Bengal government to apprise it of the steps taken following the attack on the junior doctors at a city hospital on Monday night at NRS Medical College and Hospital.

The Chief Justice, during the hearing of a PIL, reminded the striking doctors of the 'Hippocratic Oath' they take to ensure the welfare of all patients.

The bench fixed June 21 for further hearing of the petition.

Junior doctors across all state-run hospitals in Bengal are on strike, demanding adequate security in medical colleges and hospitals.

Emergency wards, outdoor facilities, pathological units of many state-run medical colleges and hospitals and a number of private medical facilities in the state have remained closed over the past three days in the wake of the protest.