- I have faced significant humiliation, and so has my Ma, Mati, Manush government. People sought justice, but I hope they now realise that some don't want justice—they want power. I am ready to resign. But if the families deprived of medical services demand answers, we need to give them, and we will be prepared for that: Mamata
- I tried my best for the junior doctors, I waited three days for them even when they didn't respect Suprem Court direction. I apologise to the people. We want justice for Tilottoma, we want justice for the common people. It is my duty to tolerate sometimes: Mamata
- I am sorry to the people of Bengal, I hoped the deadlock will be resolved today: Mamata
- Bikram Bhattachajee died at the RG Kar because of no treatment, still I didn't take any action: Mamata
- 7 lakh people were deprived of medical services, pregnant women and patients who had heart attack can't wait for medical services: Mamata
- I tried thrice, I appeal again; there is Supreme Court's directive, for 32 people people didn't get services at the hospitals: Mamata
- As RG Kar case is sub-judice, meeting with junior doctors cannot be live streamed as demanded by them: CM Mamata Banerjee
- We had arrangements to video record meeting with junior doctors, we could have shared that with them with SC’s permission: Mamata
- I have been tolerating for two hours, we have other work too: Mamata
- I hoped the junior doctors would accept this meeting invitation for the sake of humanity, but they didn't come: Mamata
- Today's meeting was about infra development in medical sector, safety and security of doctors, we could have done a joint press conference: Mamata
- We were open minded about live streaming, but we can't live stream because of Supreme Court: CM Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been waiting for over an hour for the meeting with junior doctors to resolve the RG Kar hospital impasse but the government will not allow live-streaming of it as demanded by the medics, Chief Secretary Manoj Pant said on Thursday.
He said the live-streaming is not that important but talks are needed to find a solution to the problem.
The medics, however, said they will not attend the meeting if live-streaming is not allowed, one of the protestors Aniket Mahato told PTI.
“We allowed 32 junior doctors for the meeting despite earlier deciding on 15. They are sticking to the demand for making the meeting live-telecast which is not important. The CM is waiting for the last one and a half hours,” Pant told reporters.
"The entire meeting will be video recorded by us. We will refer to that video if any follow-up action is needed in future, The junior doctors’ delegation reached the secretariat at around 5.25 pm, some 25 minutes past the scheduled time of commencement of the meeting.
Before starting from their sit-in spot outside Swasthya Bhavan, the health department headquarters, the protesters stated they would not settle for anything less than a live stream of the talks, which had earlier been rejected by the state chief secretary in its latest invitation for the meeting.
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