The IMA on Friday said the West Bengal government is duty-bound to de-escalate the situation arising out of an indefinite fast of junior doctors in Kolkata by accepting their “doable” demands, even as it appealed to the agitators to roll back their mode of protest.
Extending solidarity to the junior doctors seeking justice for the R G Kar rape-murder victim, among other demands, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) said they have elevated the movement for justice in the highest traditions of this nation with their sacrifice and determination.
The indefinite hunger strike entered the sixth day on Friday even as the condition of one of the medics, who was hospitalised on Thursday, remained “critical”, health officials said.
In a communication to all its state and branch presidents, secretaries and office-bearers, the IMA said, “The medical fraternity of the nation stands solidly behind them (protesting doctors). The Indian Medical Association stands in solidarity with these heroes. Let us light a lamp of hope today evening praying for the health and safety of these finest graduates of medicine.”
The medical body also said that in an extraordinary exhibition of human courage and fortitude, these young doctors are defining the contours of the future.