Mamata Banerjee faces ire of protesting doctors in Kolkata over their security

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that people from outside the state had attacked a junior doctor at Kolkata's NRS Hospital even as protesting doctors upped the pressure on her government to take action against the guilty and ensure their safety.

Slammed for not even visiting protesting doctors since the outrage over Monday's assault on the junior doctor, the protesters had demanded that Mamata meet with them personally and ensure their demands are fulfilled. This after the junior doctor at the NRS Hospital had been assaulted, allegedly by family members of a deceased patient who blamed medical negligence for the death.

The injured doctor has received severe head injuries even as Mamata blamed 'outsiders' for the attack. "Those who attacked doctors were outsiders. I have given instructions to police to take the strongest action, they have also arrested people," she said at SSKM Hospital, another hospital where doctors have been on strike. "Doctors cannot go on strike. They have to serve the patients.