Kolkata, Jun 17: The protesting doctors in West Bengal on Monday agreed to withdraw their week-long stir after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced steps to scale up security at hospitals.

An assurance to call off the strike came at a meeting Banerjee held with representatives of the striking doctors at the state secretariat. Doctors' Strike: Mamata Banerjee Meets Protesters, Accepts Proposal to Set Up Grievance Redressal Cell in Govt Hospitals.

"We are satisfied with the meeting," a representative of the doctors said, assuring Banerjee that the strike is going to be called off. A formal announcement on withdrawal of the strike is likely to be made from the epicentre of the protest, the NRS Medical College and Hospital.