MUMBAI, Nov. 12 -- Resident doctors at Dr R N Cooper Hospital, who were on mass leave for three days following the assault on three on-duty doctors last week, have resumed duties after Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) senior officials gave written assurances of strengthened institutional security and regular monitoring. The Cooper Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) stated they had extensive deliberations with BMC officials, in which 20 departmental representatives participated. According to MARD, the civic body has given a written undertaking that Maharashtra Security Force (MSF) personnel would be deployed at the Cooper Hospital within three months, and possibly as early as one month. Rohit Meena, president of Cooper MARD, said, "There was no audit of security personnel present here before. Now onwards, 24 will be stationed until MSF forces are deployed. Alongside this, the security system and alarm systems that were not working before are also being updated." Officials have also agreed to hold fortnightly review meetings chaired by the deputy municipal commissioner (public health) to monitor the progress of these measures. MARD reiterated that the safety and well-being of resident doctors remain "non-negotiable" and that duties have been resumed in good faith. "We will closely review the implementation of all promised measures in the upcoming meeting," said Dr Chinmay Kelkar, president, BMC MARD. "We are enforcing all possible security measures in order to ensure that the resident doctors feel safe," said a senior BMC official....