The government, which is facing an array of strikes by public workers across many sectors, is standing firm in its belief that it won't negotiate while the strikes are taking place.
A delegation of doctors, including those from the Indian Medical Association (IMA), the Private Hospitals and Nursing Homes Association and the United Private Clinics and Hospitals Association (UPCHAR), held talks with the government and signed a memorandum on eight points.
Maharashtra: Over 7,000 resident doctors at government colleges went on strike after facing a range of issues like the quality of hostels and recruitment for vacant posts.
The doctors are also demanding an apology from police for their action against them on Monday during the protest.
The doctors were marching towards the Supreme Court when they were stopped by the police, said the doctors body. They were detained and later released, a statement from the Federation of Resident Doctors’ Association (FORDA) stated.
Under the banner of the Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors, the doctors staged a protest in various government medical hospitals including Bengaluru.
The OPD services were affected in RML, Safdarjung and Lady Hardinge hospitals. Patient services were affected on the third consecutive day on Monday as resident doctors of three central hospitals withdrew from rendering OPD services in protest against the repeated postponement of NEET-PG 2021 counselling.
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.
A case has been registered with the doctors demanding arrest of the accused persons. The Federation of Resident Doctors Association (FORDA) has also extended its support to the doctors, demanding strict action in the matter.
The doctors alleged that the government promised to increase their salary in January 2018 but no decision on the matter has been taken yet. The strike will affect healthcare services across the city as outpatient and emergency departments and in ICUs will remain closed.
After the ministry's direction, the two hospital administrations have issued memorandums to their resident doctors to resume work at their respective departments.
State Home Minister Mohammad Mahmood Ali spoke to the DCP of South Zone, Hyderabad Police, and instructed that a thorough inquiry be conducted into the incident and necessary action be taken, an official release said on Thursday night.
Delhi doctors' strike: The Resident Doctors' Association (RDA) at the Delhi government-run LNJP hospital has claimed that the stir has been triggered by an alleged assault on a third-year postgraduate student of Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC), who was on duty on Sunday night at the emergency department.
Locals created ruckus inside New Delhi's Maharishi Valmiki Hospital over rape of 4-year-old girl. The incident comes a day after junior doctors' in Kolkata called-off their strike over violence against doctors.
On Monday morning letters were sent out to the junior doctors asking them to come and meet the West Bengal CM. Earlier the students had said that they would not agree to a closed-door meeting and that there should be a representation from all parties on the table.
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