Junior doctors in West Bengal have partially resumed their duties after a 42-day hiatus in protest against the rape-murder of a woman doctor at RG Kar Medical College. They returned to emergency services but not to outpatient departments.

Junior doctors are now providing essential and emergency services but continue to boycott outpatient departments (OPDs).

Junior doctors on Saturday rejoined their duties partially at various government-run hospitals in West Bengal after a hiatus of 42 days

Junior doctors at RG Kar hospital have ended their 42-day protest to partially resume essential services. This follows a march to the CBI office and a public rally demanding justice for the rape-murder of a colleague.

The decision to partially end the cease work came on Thursday evening marking a major breakthrough in the 41-day impasse

Junior doctors agitating over the RG Kar incident called off their ‘cease work’ on Friday evening, announcing partial resumption of duties entailing attending essential services in state-run hospitals

After over 40 days, normalcy has been restored at emergency departments of different medical colleges and hospitals including RG Kar Medical College & Hospital in Kolkata, as protesting junior doctors resumed work today,