Doctors Strike
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Resident doctors on strike against National Medical Commission Bill, healthcare services disrupted
India | August 01, 2019 10:29 ISTHealthcare 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.
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BHU doctors' strike demanding implementation of wages under 7th Pay Commission enters fourth day; patients suffer
India | July 26, 2019 16:40 IST7th 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.
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Junior doctors at Patna Hospital on strike after failing in exams, demand action against senior professor
India | July 08, 2019 6:50 ISTOrthopaedics 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.
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Himachal doctors protest against assault on female doctor
India | June 18, 2019 19:52 ISTTwo hours strike by Government doctors across Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district over the failure to arrest an accused found assaulting a female doctor.
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As strikes end, SC defers hearing on security of doctors, keeps open 'larger issue' of their safety
India | June 18, 2019 13:05 ISTA 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.
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Waiting on pavement, eating leftovers ends as Bengal doctors call off strike
India | June 18, 2019 10:27 ISTThe 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.
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Healthcare services in Delhi to take a hit as doctors go on strike
India | June 17, 2019 10:23 ISTThe 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.
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Junior doctors in West Bengal call off week-long strike as Mamata agrees to fulfil their 12 demands
India | June 17, 2019 20:59 ISTJunior 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.
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Agitating doctors in West Bengal open for talks with Banerjee, will decide venue later
India | June 16, 2019 8:03 ISTThe 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.
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MHA issues advisory to West Bengal government on doctors' strike
India | June 15, 2019 17:18 ISTThe 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.
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Doctors at Delhi's AIIMS, Safdarjung Hospital call off strike
India | June 15, 2019 12:37 ISTAnnouncing 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.
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Doctors' strike: Services in Delhi's AIIMS, Safdarjung hospital hit, patients suffer
India | June 14, 2019 19:02 ISTHealth services in New Delhi's AIIMS and Safdarjung hospital have been paralyzed due to doctors' protest following Kolkata violence.
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Won't let West Bengal become Gujarat: Mamata Banerjee on Bengal doctors’ protests row
India | June 14, 2019 16:54 ISTHours after over 100 doctors in West Bengal resigned on June 14, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said she 'won't let West Bengal become Gujarat’.
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Bengal doctors' strike: Karnataka joins nationwide protest, OPDs shut
India | June 14, 2019 14:31 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.
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Ashamed at Mamata's inaction on onging doctors' strike in Bengal: Kolkata Mayor's daughter
India | June 14, 2019 7:17 ISTStriking junior doctors across West Bengal on Thursday refused to end their stir till they are provided adequate security in government hospitals and defied a deadline set by Banerjee.
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Delhi: AIIMS resident doctors go on indefinite strike
News | April 27, 2018 11:20 ISTNew Delhi: AIIMS doctors go on strike after professor 'slaps' resident
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IMA calls off nation-wide stir after NMC Bill sent to parliamentary standing committee
India | January 02, 2018 16:53 ISTThe strike called by the IMA went on for around eight hours today. The Bill was referred to the committee following protest from the opposition parties as well as doctors.
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Karnataka doctors end indefinite strike after meeting CM Siddaramaiah
India | November 17, 2017 21:34 ISTThe doctors were up in arms against the amendments to KPME Act, 2007, which among others propose six months to three years jail term and hefty penalty for medical negligence on the part of doctors.
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Doctors strike in Delhi to protest against violence faced by fellow medical professionals
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Patna hospital patients helpless as doctors are on flash strike
India | May 25, 2017 18:59 ISTThe death toll due to the strike by over 500 doctors -- that began on Wednesday -- has since gone up to 15 as eight more patients died since Wednesday night
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