Sharadwat Mukherjee
Mukherjee said this while replying to media questions on the alleged ‘selling of shifts’ by some interns at NRS Medical College and Hospital. Mukherjee had earlier said this was found out during an investigation by the health department and that action was being initiated against those involved. What this handful of Maoist doctors say, do not matter,” said the health minister. Those who talk big about reforming the medical community and seek justice for Abhaya are not coming forward when it comes selling of duty hours,” the minister said, indicating the silence of the junior doctors on this unethical issue of allegedly offering duty shifts for money.
Kolkata: State health minister Sharadwat Mukherjee has called a group of junior doctors Maoist , saying that what they say does not matter. The issue of interns replacing duty hours in exchange for money in the state-run medical college cropped up a few days ago. “Duty was sold by some Maoist junior doctors. This was not case of replacement of duty. There are some junior doctors who are Maoist, Leninist and Marxists. They are minuscule in number. Please do not think that they represent the entire junior doctor community. “These Leftists don’t believe in truth. They have a wrong policy, practice and culture.