Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla's letter to States and Union Territories came following several incidents of attack on doctors and healthcare professionals in different parts of the country amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The junior doctors who serve in COVID-19 wards are not part of the strike but they too would join in if demands are not met, their association warned.
Resident doctors at the civic-run Hindu Rao Hospital have decided to go on a mass casual leave on Thursday to press for the release of their pending salaries, their association said.
The doctors of several government hospitals across Delhi, including the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital (LNJP) on Friday extended support to the protest call given by the Indian Medical Association (IMA).
The Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of Delhi government's Maharishi Valmiki Hospital have threatened to withdraw all essential and non-essential services of the hospital from Monday onwards in view of delay to initiate action against a patient and her attendant after they allegedly assaulted a doctor on Saturday
The doctors were on strike for seven days pressing various demands. And, the members of the FOGDA also went on strike in support of the doctors.
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