Kolkata, June 15: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool Congress Supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday said that she accepts all valid demands of the protesting doctors and appealed them to resume work as thousands of people are awaiting medical treatment. Banerjee said that the incident that took place on June 10 was unfortunate and state government is continuously trying to reach a solution and normalise the medical services at the soonest. Patients Suffer As Nationwide Agitation Cripples Medical Services Across India.

"We've accepted all their demands. I had sent my ministers, principal secretary to meet the doctors, waiting for 5 hours to meet doctors delegations yesterday and today, but they did not come. You have to give respect to the constitutional body," said Mamata Banerjee in a press conference. Doctors' Strike: IMA Calls For 3-Day Stir, Nationwide Strike on June 17 to Protest Against Attacks on Medicos.

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Banerjee also said that not a single protesting doctor has been arrested and there is no police action against them. "Health services cannot continue like this. I am not going to take any stringent action. Let good sense prevail," she said.

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West Bengal Chief Minister also said that the state government is committed to take the necessary step and said that TMC government will bear all expenses of a junior doctor who is admitted. "State is fully committed to take the necessary steps. The state has taken the decision to bear all the expenses of medical treatment of the junior doctor who is admitted at a private hospital," she said.

Doctors went on a strike after a junior doctor was thrashed by a mob after a patient's death on Monday. The stir spread across the nation after Banerjee warned them and gave four hours ultimatum. The strike was supported by AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital, who boycotted the work on Friday. Resident doctors in several states also staged a protest.

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