KOLKATA, June 17 (TIWN): Mamata Banerjee meets protesting doctors, assures new security measures Junior doctors in West Bengal call off the week-long strike after meeting with Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

Banerjee asked police to appoint nodal officers for security of doctors at all government hospitals in the state as she met the striking medicos on Monday in a bid to end the week-long impasse.  In the meeting, which was held at the state secretariat, a doctors’ delegation apprised Banerjee of the problems they have been facing at medical colleges and hospitals and said they fear for their safety.