Protests in Kolkata after doctor's rape and murder spark civil society movement for justice and accountability.

Kolkata: The protesting junior doctors on Saturday had resumed emergency services at various government hospitals and also at flood affected areas. A team of 30 junior doctors from two different medical colleges visited the flooded areas and not just treatment they were also seen distributing dry foods to the affected people of the area.

CPI(M)'s trade union and farmers' wings held a rally in Kolkata to demand justice for a woman doctor raped and murdered at RG Kar hospital. Led by All

Debashish Haldar, a prominent figure in West Bengal’s junior doctors’ protest, said they ‘remain hopeful for a formal written directive acknowledging our demands’, and will continue their cease work

Junior doctors in Bengal have decided to end their large-scale protest over the rape and murder of a fellow doctor at a hospital in Kolkata. They announced that they will return to work on Saturday, although with a condition: they will not participate in OPD services or attend elective operations.

The junior doctors in West Bengal partially resumed duties at government-run hospitals on Saturday after a 42-day hiatus. The doctors had been on a ‘cease work’ agitation protesting the rape and murder of an on-duty woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

The doctors have been protesting since August 9 when the body of a woman medic was found at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital, demanding justice for the deceased doctor as well as removing key officials from their posts alleging their involvement in the case.