Aniket Mahata, a key figure in the junior doctors' protest, was discharged from R G Kar Medical College after a week of treatment. Admitted due to severe health issues, including dehydration and muscle cramps,

Protesting junior doctors in Kolkata seek support, strategize after successful protests, hunger strike, and meetings with senior doctors.

Junior doctor Aniket Mahato, who was hospitalised after his health worsened from sitting on a hunger strike in Kolkata, was released from the hospital today, October 17. Mahato was part of the indefinite hunger strike calling for justice for the RG Kar hospital rape-and-murder victim.

Six were subsisting only on water and were admitted into the hospital after a multiday fast to demand justice for the brutal rape and killing of a medical resident.

Snigdha Hazra, Sayantani Ghosh Hazra, and Arnab Mukhopadhyay remain in stable condition after 11 days of fasting at Esplanade. Three others were hospitalized due to health issues related to their hunger strike.