Published 17:28 IST, June 13th 2019

BJP MP Babul Supriyo appeals striking junior doctors to resume work, asks them to instead 'protest by gheraoing state police, Mamata Banerjee'

Union Minister Babul Supriyo has reacted to the strike by the junior doctors in Mamata Banerjee-ruled West Bengal. The doctors have been protesting in the state since a week after an intern doctor in NRS Medical college in Kolkata was physically assaulted by a patient's family after he died on Monday.

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BJP MP Babul Supriyo appeals striking junior doctors to resume work, asks them to instead 'protest by gheraoing state police, Mamata Banerjee'

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Union Minister Babul Supriyo has reacted to the strike by the junior doctors in Mamata Banerjee-ruled West Bengal. The doctors have been protesting in the state since a week after an intern doctor in NRS Medical college in Kolkata was physically assaulted by a patient's family after he died on Monday.

The MP from Asansol appealed to the doctors to get back to work saying that their cause was valid but their action resulted in the suffering of other patients including small children. He asked them to resort to official channels and even said that they could protest by denying service to the state police and gheraoing them as well as Mamata Banerjee who is the Health Minister.

Dear Doctors, I completely empathise with the fact that whatever happened in #NRS is deplorable & a strong protest is very valid but it’s also true that making other patients, including small babies, suffer due for no to fault of theirs is also not something u can really justify
— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) June 13, 2019

Please take it up with the State Government STRONGLY & do whatever it takes, like stop treating State Govt Officials or Ministers etc, expose how they go to costly private hospitals, till they feel ashamed & ensure proper police protection to Doctors but come back Normalcy PLEASE
— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) June 13, 2019

Am sure even u will agree that guys hv willingly chosen a profession where private space is truly limited&many a times u may hv to leave home in the middle of the night to attend to a critical patient cuz that is what we, Public servants, are expected to do•So exercise ur (cont)
— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) June 13, 2019

Right 2 protest but find another way like the one I suggest•Deny treatment 2 police if they can’t provide u with the security u deserve, Gherao the WB Police & Health Minister(who is also the CM) till she stops shielding certain individuals for politics but get back 2 serving 🙏
— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) June 13, 2019

Now let’s spell out the reality & leave it for the people 2 decide• The gentleman who died in #NRS on that night was a 85 year old IMAM of a Mazjid suffering frm Septicaemia & within mins of his death 200goons attacked the Junior Doctors & beat them up mercilessly-Police Watched
— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) June 13, 2019

I am ready to come & stand by u against this Egotistical Stand by WB CM when a sincere & unconditional ‘Sorry’ ensuring strict remedial measures for the future wud have done wonders• But I am apprehensive that me coming to #NRS may (sadly) b termed by some as a ‘Political Move’ https://t.co/PjlIzUBqqg
— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) June 13, 2019

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier on Thursday has ordered junior doctors to resume their duties within the next four hours. She warned them that they will be asked to vacate their hostels on June 13 if they did not pay heed to her diktat.

Following her warning, there was a mass resignation from Sagar Dutta Hospital in which three assistant professors, one professor, and four doctors reportedly quit.

She later asked them in a letter to stop their protest and take care of patients. "Please take care of all patients, poor people are coming from all districts. I'll be obliged & honoured if you all please take full care of hospitals. Hospitals must run smoothly & peacefully," she wrote.

Updated 21:22 IST, June 13th 2019

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