Mumbai, Nov. 5 -- The strike by 15,000 resident doctors in government hospitals across the state, which commenced on Monday, was called off late on Tuesday evening after chief minister Devendra Fadnavis assured protesting doctors that their all demands, including a court-monitored probe into the death of a government medical officer posted at Phaltan in Satara district, would be fulfilled. Fadnavis met representatives of the Central Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (Central MARD) and BMC MARD - two of the four major organisations backing the protests - in the evening on Tuesday. Medical education minister Hasan Mushrif and several senior officials including Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) vice chancellor and Directorate of Medical Education and Research (DMER) director Dr Ajay Chandanwale were present at the meeting. Responding to the demands raised by the doctors, the chief minister agreed to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) headed by a retired judge to probe the medical officer's death. A state-level committee will also be constituted to address doctors' safety and ethical administration, with representation from key health and education departments and student associations, said participants in the meeting. The government has also agreed to regularise the attendance of resident doctors for the two strike days and proposed amendments to the Doctors' Protection Act to include provisions on mental harassment, the participants said. "We had a meeting with the Chief Minister this evening and he has promised to meet all our demands. Hence, we are calling off the strike," said Dr Swapnil Kendre, general secretary, Central MARD. Resident doctors across the state welcomed the development....