Agitating junior doctors demanding justice for the RG Kar medic showed a clock while announcing to launch a hunger strike till death if their demands were not met by the West Bengal government within 24 hours,

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Medics begin hunger strike untill death after State government missed 24-hour deadline of fulfilling their demands by 8.30 pm on Saturday

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To ensure transparency, the protesting doctors have installed CCTV cameras at the protest site where the hunger strike is taking place.

The doctors held a sit-in demonstration on Friday and had set a 24-hour deadline for the state government to fulfil their demands. However, as their demands were not met, they began an indefinite hungerstrike from Saturday evening.

Junior doctors protesting the rape and murder of their colleague at RG Kar Hospital began a hunger strike on Saturday evening, stating that their demands had not been met by the West Bengal government.

"The state government has failed the deadline and hence we are starting the fast unto death, which will continue till our demands are fulfilled. To maintain transparency, we have installed CCTV cameras at the dais where our colleagues are holding the fast,

Kolkata: After the deadline given by them to the state government got over, the junior doctors on Saturday evening had decided to go for an indefinite hunger strike. Addressing the media, a protesting doctor said that initially a team of six doctors will go for the hunger strike.

KOLKATA: The junior doctors, protesting over the rape and murder of a colleague at the RG Kar hospital, went on fast unto death on Saturday evening, claiming that their demands were not fulfilled by the West Bengal government.