Doctors' strike continues in West Bengal, enters fifth consecutive day

Centre has sought a report from the West Bengal government over the issue

Junior doctors on Saturday turned down West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s invitation for a meeting at the state secretariat to resolve the impasse at state-run hospitals which has left thousands of patients in the state helpless and newborns dead. The strike by physicians over safety issues entered its fifth consecutive day today.

However, five senior doctors met the chief minister to find a way to end the deadlock. 

After the meeting, Banerjee said, “There are legal provisions by which the medical council can cancel their license. States like Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Delhi and Manipur had invoked