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A deep divide between the doctors’ community and the TMC has developed and this initiative will play the role of a bridge, said a party leader
Sources told News18 that this convention will be held in Abhishek Banerjee’s constituency in West Bengal’s Diamond Harbour, and it will be essentially for the development of the area’s health. But they also said that Abhishek will definitely try to send a message to doctors. (File image: X/@ANI)
Relations between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the state government with West Bengal doctors are at an all-time low because of the RG Kar Hospital row. However, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee is organising a doctors’ convention.
Sources told News18 that this convention will be held in his constituency in Diamond Harbour, and it will be essentially for the development of the area’s health. But they also said that Abhishek will definitely try to send a message to doctors.
Renowned doctors have been invited to this convention from all over Bengal. A senior leader of the TMC told News18, “This is a very good initiative. A deep divide between the doctors’ community and the TMC has developed; this initiative will definitely play the role of a bridge. We are really looking forward to this convention.”
The RG Kar Hospital rape-murder case has led to junior doctors raising various questions about their safety and security. In court too, they have raised various safety issues that are concerning. Abhishek Banerjee will be the keynote speaker at this convention. Party insiders believe that he will definitely try to showcase how the system and doctors can go hand in hand and how this will help both sides.
It’s still not clear whether anybody from the junior doctors’ forum, which spearheaded the RG Kar Hospital case-related protests, will participate in the convention or not. But political circles and the doctors’ fraternity are both looking forward to this event.
