J'khand Health Minister Banna Gupta to bring medical protection bill soon

Amid junior doctors' stir demanding security at workplaces, Jharkhand Health Minister Banna Gupta said the state government will soon bring a medical protection bill to the assembly.

The Jharkhand government is concerned and sensible about the safety of doctors and healthcare workers, he said.

Doctors across the country, including those in Jharkhand, have also been protesting against the alleged rape and murder of a woman medic in Kolkata.

After the Supreme Court's appeal, junior doctors at the state-run Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Ranchi resumed work on Friday as they withdrew their 'pen down' agitation over the killing of the postgraduate trainee doctor.

"A medical protection bill will be brought soon in the state to ensure that a stringent law is enacted for the protection of medical professionals," Gupta said.

"I have come to know that the agitating doctors have called off their strike and decided to resume work. I, on behalf of the Jharkhand government, .