West Bengal forms grievance redressal committee for healthcare professionals

The West Bengal government constituted a state-level grievance redressal committee to address issues of healthcare professionals on Tuesday, it said in a statement.
The announcement came hours after doctors restarted an indefinite ‘total cease work’ across the state, to press for various demands, including ensuring their safety and security at all medical establishments.
Renowned surgeon Dr Sourav Dutta will be the Chairperson of the seven-member committee, the government said. The committee will also include Dr Debjani Banerjee, Dr Yogiraj Ray and Dr Sajib Chakraborty, among others.
All secretarial assistance to the committee will be provided by the state health department, the government said.
Meanwhile, the West Bengal government, which had earlier disbanded all ‘Rogi Kalyan Samities’ (patient welfare committees), reconstituted those with principals of medical colleges and hospitals as chairpersons, news agency PTI reported.
The junior doctors had rejoined their duties partially at government hospitals on September 21 after a 42-day protest following the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at RG Kar Medical Centre and Hospital.