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Striking Delhi docs get termination notices

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.

Delhi govt cancels doctors leave

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.

Delhi govt issues notices to striking resident doctors

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.

Army, Railways doctors sought for Delhi hospitals

New Delhi : Doctors were sought today from the Army and Railways to maintain services in state-run hospitals in the national capital in the wake of the continuing anti-reservation stir by medicos and junior doctors. The strike by medical students also affected health services in Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat, Goa and Uttar Pradesh. Medicos in Jammu and Kashmir and West Bengal today joined the stir against the Centres proposal to introduce a 27 per cent quota for OBCs in elite educational institutions.

Doctors strike in New Delhi

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.