Healthcare in hospitals across the country is set for a major disruption on Monday with Indian Medical Association deciding to withdraw non-essential services for a day to express solidarity with their striking colleagues in Bengal. However, in a move that may bring some relief to patients in New Delhi, AIIMS resident doctors have decided not to join the strike. But those in Safdarjung Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College, RML Hospital and others will skip work.In Kolkata on Sunday, the agitating doctors said they were ready to meet Mamata Banerjee "anytime and anywhere". The government proposed a 3pm meeting at the state secretariat on Monday. The doctors were reportedly ready to accept the proposal.Earlier, the junior doctors had insisted that the meeting cannot be held behind closed doors and the media should be allowed to telecast it live. The state government, however, cited legalities and constitutional propriety, which prevent such meetings from being held under public glare.The doctors were ready to accept the government's request, sources indicated late Sunday, which would pave the way for "across-the-table" discussions between the protesters and the chief minister."We are very hopeful for the meeting in Nabanna (state secretariat) on Monday," a senior official, mediating for the state, said. "We have explained to them that given the issues involved, mainly legal, administrative and security-related, it is impossible for the state government to agree to their demand for an open-door meeting in presence of the media. The CM is also sworn to an oath of secrecy in some such matters. We have explained they have every right to speak to media afterwards, much like the norm in all such cases. They have agreed to it," he said.Under pressure from several quarters, including the seniors in the medical fraternity, the junior doctors in Kolkata held a four-hour general body meeting at NRS Hospital . The meeting appeared to split three ways. While a section of doctors agreed to have the meeting at Nabanna, another section stressed on Raj Bhavan as the venue, while the remaining stuck to their demand for NRS Hospital. Pressure further mounted on the striking doctors to find a solution to the standoff. At 3.30pm, a group of doctors announced their stand. "We are hopeful that our CM will be considerate enough to solve the problems that the state is facing in the healthcare sector currently," they said in a statement while refusing to accept any question from the media."We leave the decision to choose the venue to the honourable CM, but it should accommodate representatives of all medical colleges of West Bengal in sufficient numbers," the statement read.They expressed willingness to join work, "as early as possible in the best interest of the common people once our demands are addressed".