Mamata hikes salary of govt doctors and staff

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced a hike in salaries for the medical fraternity in state government-run hospitals, including senior and junior doctors, house staff, post-graduate trainees and interns.

The move comes after protests by doctors following the RG Kar Hospital rape and murder issue. Banerjee expressed solidarity with the family of the deceased doctor, who was raped and murdered at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital on August 9 last year. She urged the doctors to protect their women colleagues and treat them as "sisters".