Junior doctors in West Bengal have called off their “fast-unto-death” after 16 days of protest following a meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. They also announced the end of their strike across hospitals in the state.

Junior doctors in West Bengal end their hunger strike after assurances from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee regarding healthcare issues.

KOLKATA: Agitating junior doctors on Monday evening withdrew their weeks-long hunger strike over the RG Kar incident, hours after a meeting with West Bengal Chi

Kolkata: Agitating junior doctors on Monday evening withdrew their weeks-long hunger strike over the RG Kar incident, hours after a meeting with West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

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.

Junior doctors protesting for systemic reforms in West Bengal have called off their 17-day hunger strike after meeting Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. The decision came after a nearly two-hour meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat,

During the meeting, Banerjee urged the doctors to end their hunger strike, stressing that most of their demands had already been met. However, she rejected their call for the removal of the state health secretary.

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee held a nearly two-hour meeting with agitating junior doctors to address their demands stemming from a colleague's rape and murder. Banerjee urged them to end their fast,

The meeting between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and agitating junior doctors on Monday lasted nearly two hours, discussing various demands of the medics, including the prevailing "threat culture" in the state's hospitals,