Meanwhile, healthcare services at state-run hospitals remained crippled on Thursday, as the ‘cease work’ by the junior doctors entered the 34th day.Minister of State for Health Chandrima Bhattacharya had on Wednesday said the government remains open to discussions, but suggested that “political forces” might be influencing the protests.This led to a quick rebuttal from the medics, who dismissed the claims as baseless, and asserted that the protests would continue till their demands were met.The state government had invited the agitating doctors to a meeting at state secretariat Nabanna at 6 pm on Wednesday, but the invitation did not confirm whether Banerjee would attend it.Chief Secretary Manoj Pant, in an email, had urged the doctors to send a delegation of 12 to 15 members and stressed the importance of resuming work, citing a Supreme Court order directing them to return to duty by 5 pm on Tuesday.
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