Doctors Strike
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Maharashtra resident doctors to begin indefinite strike today amid demands
Maharashtra | Feb 22, 2024, 09:55 AM ISTThe commencement of this indefinite strike underscores the urgency for authorities to address the legitimate grievances of resident doctors and ensure the provision of quality healthcare services across Maharashtra.
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South Korea: Thousands of doctors resign in protest, medical services disrupted. Know why
World | Feb 20, 2024, 01:23 PM ISTAt least 6,400 of 13,000 trainee doctors in South Korea have tendered resignations en masse and 1,630 of them staged a walkout by Monday. The Health Ministry urged them to return to work immediately amid fears of delays in surgical operations and patient treatment.
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Resident doctors at Delhi's Lady Hardinge Medical College announce strike against physical assault
India | May 19, 2022, 10:23 AM IST"Such brutal and inhuman behaviour with life saviours is not acceptable," read a letter by the doctors association.
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NEET-PG counselling delay: Resident doctors in Maharashtra to go on strike from December 31
India | Dec 31, 2021, 12:10 AM ISTSanchari Pal, general secretary of the local KEM hospital unit of the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD), said resident doctors at some government hospitals were already on strike from Thursday.
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Kerala doctors continue protest, boycott emergency services
India | Dec 10, 2021, 11:50 AM ISTKerala Health Minister Veena George said a protest at the time when the Covid pandemic is continuing to cause havoc, will throw the health system out of order.
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NEET-PG 2021 counselling delay: Resident Doctors' suspend strike for a week, says FORDA
India | Dec 09, 2021, 07:55 PM ISTFORDA has decided to put the agitation on hold for one week after holding discussions with representatives of state RDAs virtually on Thursday
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Resident doctors' body to continue nationwide OPD services strike | Know why
India | Nov 27, 2021, 11:30 PM ISTIn a letter to Union Health Minister Mandaviya, the FORDA said the "already over-burdened and exhausted" resident doctors of the nation fighting at the frontline since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, waited patiently till November 25 for some positive outcome of the ongoing Supreme Court proceedings over NEET-PG 2021 counseling. There seems to be no respite.
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NEET-PG 2021 counselling delay: Resident docs' body calls for suspension of OPD services from today
India | Nov 27, 2021, 11:52 AM ISTResident doctors of hospitals like Ram Manohar Lohia, Lady Hardinge and some other hospitals in the national capital have announced to withdraw OPD services from November 27 as a mark of protest.
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Kolkata junior doctors strike: Agitators to continue stir despite warning of action
India | Oct 20, 2021, 08:28 AM ISTWest Bengal's health department has said that striking junior doctors will be marked absent if they do not report for duty.
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Maharashtra resident doctors to go on strike from today
India | Oct 01, 2021, 12:39 PM ISTMARD President Dnyaneshwar Dhobale Patil said that a meeting between the Director of Medical Education and MARD was held on Thursday but it remained inconclusive.
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MP: Junior doctors end week-long strike after meeting with govt
India | Jun 07, 2021, 02:49 PM ISTAround 3,000 junior doctors in Madhya Pradesh, who were on strike since a week over their various demands, called off their protest on Monday.
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Nearly 3,000 doctors in Madhya Pradesh resign after HC terms strike 'illegal'
India | Jun 04, 2021, 11:36 AM ISTThe junior doctors have put forward multiple demands before the state government, including a hike in stipend and free treatment for them and their families if they contract the deadly coronavirus infection.
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MP: 3,000 junior doctors on strike amid COVID-19 pandemic
India | May 31, 2021, 01:13 PM ISTEarlier, the junior doctors went on a strike on May 6, but resumed a few hours later after the state government assured them that their demands would be met.
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Civic docs to go on indefinite strike over deferred salaries
India | Mar 13, 2021, 11:01 AM ISTThe doctors have decided to start their indefinite agitation from March 22. Before that, all of them would go on a mass casual leave next Friday.
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Senior doctors of NDMC hospitals go on mass casual leave, threaten indefinite strike
India | Oct 26, 2020, 12:24 PM ISTSenior doctors of North Corporation-run hospitals went on casual leave en masse on Monday as the crisis over pending salaries of medics of civic-run facilities deepened. RR Gautam, president of the Municipal Corporation Doctors' Association (MCDA) said, "If our demands are not met, we will go on indefinite strike from tomorrow."
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Delhi: Doctors' Association defers indefinite strike in 'public interest'
India | Oct 19, 2020, 09:57 AM ISTThe Municipal Corporation Doctors' Association (MCDA) on Sunday said the indefinite strike by its members over pending salaries, scheduled to begin from October 19, has been deferred in "public interest".
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Unpaid for months, Delhi's Hindu Rao hospital doctors go on strike
India | Oct 05, 2020, 12:24 PM ISTIrked over non-payment of salaries, doctors and staff members of North Delhi Municipal Corporation's Hindu Rao Hospital have decided to sit on indefinite agitation from Monday onwards. The emergency services will, however, operate smoothly.
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NMC Bill: Doctors temporarily call off nationwide strike in view of flood situation, abrogation of Article 370
India | Aug 08, 2019, 10:57 AM ISTDoctors across the nation opposing the National Medical Commission (NMC) Bill, has called off their nationwide strike in a view of the prevailing situation across the country after the resolution of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and flood-like situation in several states.
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AIIMS, Safdarjung doctors call off strike as Health Minister assures of addressing NMC Bill concerns
India | Aug 05, 2019, 07:32 AM ISTIn a big relief, doctors in Delhi have called off their protest after meeting Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. During the meet, the health minister assured the striking doctors of addressing their concerns regarding the NMC Bill. Doctors at AIIMS, Safdarjung and RML hospital in Delhi had been on strike over their various demands. Healthcare and emergency services across the country were affected due to the doctors' protest.
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Resident doctors in Delhi continue strike against NMC bill; healthcare services to remain affected
India | Aug 02, 2019, 07:33 AM ISTPatients seeking medical services in Delhi are likely to suffer for a day more as resident doctors in the national capital are continuing their strike against the NMC bill even today. Healthcare services, including emergency departments, are likely to remain affected as doctors at AIIMS, Safdarjung hospital, RML hospital and those attached with FORDA will remain on strike.