Some 5,000 doctors and hospital staff have gone on strike in New Delhi to protest against the governments planned sacking of the head of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
Correspondents report the sacking is thought to be in retaliation for the directors support of medical student protests last month.
The demonstrations by medical students and resident doctors were against government plans to reserve more seats in Indias top universities for disadvantaged students.
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New Delhi : With the Delhi government terming the strike by medicos as totally illegal and threatening action against them, doctors of 14 hospitals here today withdrew their strike even as services continued to be affected in other hospitals.
Resident doctors of 14 of the 45 hospitals that are under the directorate of health services of the Delhi government have withdrawn their strike called as part of the anti-reservation stir, an official spokesman said.
However, doctors of other hospitals, including the three major ones under the Delhi government Lok Nayak, Guru Tegh Bahadur and Deendayal Upadhyaya are still on
New Delhi : With medicos in the capital going on strike as part of their anti-quota agitation, Delhi government has cancelled the leave of doctors in its hospitals and drawn up an action plan to ensure that the intensive care, emergency, casualty and trauma services remain unaffected.
In view of the strike, we have decided to cancel the leave of doctors and it has also been decided that no leave will be granted to doctors in hospitals under Delhi government for the time being, said Health Secretary D S Negi on Monday.
With medical services in the Capital hit badly as a result of the strike by resident doctors, Delhi government has issued notices to them to rejoin duty or face action.
The government has issued notices to the junior and senior resident doctors asking them to come back on duty or face break in service, Delhi Health Secretary DS Negi said.
He said services in the Delhi government hospitals were affected by the strike as 70 per cent of the doctors in these hospitals belong to the resident doctor category.
New Delhi : Termination notices were on Tuesday issued to striking medicos in state-run hospitals in the capital even as Delhi government on Tuesday came out with ads for recruiting junior and senior doctors to cope with the situation.
The medical superintendents in Delhi government hospitals have started issuing notices to the striking doctors this morning, Health Secretary D S Negi said.
Notices were issued to the more than 700 doctors who are on strike to resume duties within 24 hours or face termination of service.
New Delhi: Students and interns of five medical colleges here went on an indefinite strike today protesting against the proposed move to increase OBC quotas in educational institutions.
Students of Maulana Azad Medical College, Lady Hardinge Medical
College, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, University College of
Medical Sciences and Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College were boycotting lectures and staying away from OPD services, leader of the group Anirudh Lochan told PTI.
The resident doctors have also extended their support to the agitation and would be joining the students during the demonstrations, he claimed.