Sanchari 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.
Kerala 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.
FORDA has decided to put the agitation on hold for one week after holding discussions with representatives of state RDAs virtually on Thursday
In 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.
Resident 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.
West Bengal's health department has said that striking junior doctors will be marked absent if they do not report for duty.
MARD President Dnyaneshwar Dhobale Patil said that a meeting between the Director of Medical Education and MARD was held on Thursday but it remained inconclusive.
Around 3,000 junior doctors in Madhya Pradesh, who were on strike since a week over their various demands, called off their protest on Monday.
The 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.
Earlier, 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.
The 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.
Senior 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."
The 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".
Irked 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.
Doctors 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.
In 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.
Patients 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.
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.
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.
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.
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