A man carrying a 9 kg tumour, like an albatross hanging from the left neck and chest wall, for the last 30 years had the affliction removed after successful surgery at the premier Calcutta Medical Research Institute.
Triple Olympic gold winner hockey player Leslie Claudius has been hospitalised with abnormal fluid retention problem.
The Calcutta Medical Research Institute has now started a one-year diploma course in Emergency and Disaster Nursing.
The formal invitation was sent after the protesting doctors on Monday morning said they did not receive any communication regarding the meeting.