Patiala : The medical students from the three premier institutions of the city today left the city to join medical students of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, who had been on a hunger strike in the protest against the new reservation policy of the union government.
More than 70 medical students from the Government Medical College, Government Dental College and Government Ayurvedic College boarded a bus from the premises of the Government Rajindra Hospital that was flagged off by president of the Punjab Branch of the Indian Medical Association, Dr G.S. Gill.
In a joint statement, student leaders Dr Gagandeep Singh, Dr Ankush Singla and Dr Kapil Chabra said that the students from all the three institutions had held a meeting here yesterday in which it was decided that they should join their counterparts who were protesting in New Delhi.
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New Delhi: Even as President APJ Abdul Kalam urged the agitating medical students to end their fast and resume their normal student life, the striking medicos have decided to continue their stir and are observing civil disobedience here today.
AIIMS Resident Doctors Association member Dr Vinod Patro said that they have appealed various groups such as traders, resident welfare associations, bank personnel and members of BAR associations to skip the work from 9 a.m. to 12 noon today.
According to the striking medicos, the move is being supported by the Delhi Medical Association (DMA) and the Indian Medical Association (IMA).
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.
New Delhi, India (AHN) - Four lucky Indian children will be part of FIFA flag bearers at the football World Cup in Germany next month after a nationwide search spanning 1200 schools across the country.
According to reports, Shreshth Shah from Kolkata, Ajiteshwar Singh from Delhi, Sachit Kamlesh Yadav from Mumbai and P S Sudarshan from Bangalore were selected on the basis of passion, skill and knowledge of the game amongst children who registered for the contest.
The World Cup is to be held from June 9 to July 9.
The four winners will join children from across the globe
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.
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.