Doctors in Bengal on strike since two of their colleagues were assaulted allegedly by a patient's relatives after he died last week, called off their protest after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee gave them some assurance of steps taken to tighten security for doctors in the state.

Earlier over 40,000 doctors in Maharashtra had boycotted work as part of a strike call given by their apex body Indian Medical Association in support of their agitating colleagues in Bengal. While there has been a temporary solution, there is a feeling that we have not seen the last of these doctor-student conflicts. The final chapter has to still close, with reference to this impasse.