Doctors Strike Latest News, Photos and Videos

Resident doctors on strike against National Medical Commission Bill, healthcare services disrupted

India | Aug 01, 2019, 10:29 AM IST

Healthcare services across the nation are likely to be hit today as resident doctors have threatened to go on a day's strike against National Medical Commission Bill. A number of hospital authorities have issued a contingency plan for the smooth functioning of healthcare services. ICUs will also be managed with the help of sponsored residents/pool officers and faculty members.

BHU doctors' strike demanding implementation of wages under 7th Pay Commission enters fourth day; patients suffer

India | Jul 26, 2019, 04:40 PM IST

7th Pay Commission: The strike called by Resident Doctors of Sir Sunderlal Hospital of BHU demanding implementation of recommendations of the 7th Pay Commission has entered the fourth day.

Junior doctors at Patna Hospital on strike after failing in exams, demand action against senior professor

India | Jul 08, 2019, 06:50 AM IST

Orthopaedics department at the Patna Medical College and Hospital has been badly hit since Friday but other facilities are functioning quite normally since very few junior doctors of other departments have boycotted work. The juniors doctors are demanding action against a senior professor after failing in exams.

Representational image of doctor's strike

Himachal doctors protest against assault on female doctor

India | Jun 18, 2019, 07:52 PM IST

Two hours strike by Government doctors across Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district over the failure to arrest an accused found assaulting a female doctor.

As strikes end, SC defers hearing on security of doctors, keeps open 'larger issue' of their safety

India | Jun 18, 2019, 01:05 PM IST

A bench of Justices Deepak Gupta and Surya Kant said it will not issue notice (to the Centre) but is keeping the larger issue of protection of doctors open.

Waiting on pavement, eating leftovers ends as Bengal doctors call off strike

India | Jun 18, 2019, 10:27 AM IST

The patients' waiting rooms of NRS Medical College and Hospital - the epicentre of the protests - have been over-occupied since the cease-work started last Tuesday, forcing many of families to spend nights under the open sky despite occasional rains.

Healthcare services in Delhi to take a hit as doctors go on strike

India | Jun 17, 2019, 10:23 AM IST

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) had given the strike call with the withdrawal of non-essential health services across the country. IMA members will also stage a dharna at its headquarters.

Junior doctors in West Bengal call off week-long strike as Mamata agrees to fulfil their 12 demands

India | Jun 17, 2019, 08:59 PM IST

Junior doctors across the state were on a strike in protest against an assault on two of their colleagues at the NRS, allegedly by the family members of a patient who died on Monday night.

Agitating doctors in West Bengal open for talks with Banerjee, will decide venue later

India | Jun 16, 2019, 08:03 AM IST

The agitating doctors said they would wait for their governing body to decide on the proposed venue for the meeting. They had also turned down Banerjee's request saying there was no honest effort on her part to break the deadlock.

MHA issues advisory to West Bengal government on doctors' strike

India | Jun 15, 2019, 05:18 PM IST

The Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday issued an advisory to the West Bengal government on the ongoing strike by doctors and sought a report on the matter on priority, said sources familiar with the development.

Doctors at Delhi's AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital call off strike

India | Jun 15, 2019, 12:37 PM IST

Announcing the decision, the RDA gave West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a 48-hour ultimatum to meet the demands of protesting doctors in her state.

Services in Delhi's AIIMS, Safdarjung hospital take hit,

Doctors' strike: Services in Delhi's AIIMS, Safdarjung hospital hit, patients suffer

India | Jun 14, 2019, 07:02 PM IST

Health services in New Delhi's AIIMS and Safdarjung hospital have been paralyzed due to doctors' protest following Kolkata violence.

Won't let West Bengal become Gujarat: Mamata Banerjee on Bengal doctors’ protests row

India | Jun 14, 2019, 04:54 PM IST

Hours after over 100 doctors in West Bengal resigned on June 14, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she 'won't let West Bengal become Gujarat’.

Doctors and nurses in state-run hospitals, who are IMA

Bengal doctors' strike: Karnataka joins nationwide protest, OPDs shut

India | Jun 14, 2019, 02:31 PM IST

"All private doctors, including paramedics and nurses are on a day-long strike in support of our colleagues in Kolkata who were assaulted by the relatives of a patient who died in their hospital on June 10. Out-patient departments (OPDs) in private hospitals and nursing homes are closed," Indian Medical Association's (IMA) Karnataka unit treasurer B. Veeranna told IANS in Bengaluru.

Doctors Strike