The Bengal government has asked the striking junior doctors in Bengal - who want to end the impasse - to meet Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at the state secretariat today. But there has been no word on any media presence - a condition the doctors had set. The strike, called after a junior doctor was assaulted by the relatives of a deceased patient, has spread. Following a call from the Indian Medical Association, doctors across the country are on strike, only the essential services are running. Junior medics from AIIMS joined strike after one of their colleagues was allegedly abused and threatened by the relatives of a patient last night. The matter has reached the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear a petition about the safety of doctors.