Kolkata: In West Bengal protesting junior doctors defied the Supreme Court’s orders to resume work. Claiming that their demands were still unfulfilled, the doctors said that they would continue their cease-work protests until their demands are implemented. The doctors have called for the resignation of the state’s health secretary and director of health education. The Supreme Court on Monday directed doctors on strike to resume work, assuring them that they would not face any adverse actions, including punitive transfers. However, they also warned that if doctors did not return to work, they could not be held responsible for any actions taken against them.
The Trinamool Congress also hailed the court’s judgement. After expressing disappointment over the top court’s remarks, the junior doctors are marched to the health ministry’s building in Kolkata to press ahead their demands. Objecting to the tenor of state government’s invite for talks, the junior doctors refused to talk with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and vowed to continue their cease-work protest.