“In view of the demand of junior doctors, Kolkata Police Commissioner Vineet Kumar Goyal will step down from his position. New commissioner of Kolkata Police will be appointed at 4 pm on Tuesday, after the Supreme Court hearing concludes. DCP North Kolkata Abhishek Gupta will also be released from his duties,” said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to the media after the meeting with the protesting medics came to an end on Monday.
She, further, added: “Meeting ended on a positive note as 42 agitating doctors and Chief Secretary Manoj Pant have signed MoM (minutes of meeting) in agreement of the decisions taken in the meeting.”
As per the medic’s demand, the present representative of Directorate of Medical Education (DME) and West Bengal State Health and Family Welfare Samiti (DHS), too, will be transferred. However, there has been no decision on the removal of the Principal Health Secretary, Narayan Swaroop Nigam.
Additionally, Rs 100 crore has been issued for improvement of infrastructure in state-run hospitals.
A committee will also be formed under the guidance of Chief Secretary Manoj Pant which will be responsible for safety and security at government hospitals.
The meeting took place after the West Bengal government on Monday “for the fifth and the final time” invited the protesting junior doctors for talks to end the RG Kar impasse, two days after the dialogue failed to take off over disagreement on live-streaming of the meeting.
In an email to the protesting junior doctors, Chief secretary Manoj Pant asked them to reach Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence at Kalighat at 5 pm on Monday for the talks.
“This is the fifth and the final time we are reaching out to you for a meeting between the honourable CM and the delegates. In line with our discussion the day before (Saturday), we are once again inviting you for the meeting with the CM at her Kalighat residence for discussions with an open mind,” he wrote.
Pant hoped “Good sense will prevail” as mutually agreed on Saturday that there will be no live-streaming or videography of the meeting given the matter is sub-judice before the Supreme Court.
“Instead, the minutes of the meeting will be recorded and signed by both the parties,” he said.
Responding to the mail, the agitating doctors confirmed on Monday evening that they are willing to attend a meeting at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence to resolve the RG Kar hospital impasse but demanded they should be allowed to record and sign the minutes of the talks.
As a result two stenographers accompanied the agitating meeting to CM Banerjee's residence to note down MoM from doctors end.
Meanwhile, junior doctors have hailed the conclusions derived from the meeting as their "victory". They have decided to disclose the future course of action (when to resume work) after they receive a written declaration on fulfillment of their demands from the state government.
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