The junior doctors’ cease-work since the horrific rape and murder of a postgraduate trainee on August 9, at Calcutta's state-run RG Kar Medical College and Hospital has hobbled the public health delivery system in West Bengal for the last 35 days.
Bengal’s firebrand chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, displayed a rare mellowness and restraint as she repeatedly entreated the junior doctors to end their cease-work for the sake of 'distressed patients'.
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And the besieged Bengal saw a different Mamata Banerjee, one with folded hands...
Video Producer: Mayank Chawla
Video Editor: Abhishek Sharma
Reportage: Nancy Jaiswal, Rinki Majumder Sudipta Sarkar