Mumbai: Acting tough on the striking resident doctors, the Maharashtra Government on Saturday terminated 3,148 medicos.
"We have issued termination notices to 3,148 resident doctors," Dr W B Tayade, Director of Medical Education, said on Saturday evening.
The notices were issued following the failure of talks between the medicos and the health authorities.
"We have also written to respective universities to initiate the process of cancellation of the registration of these doctors," Tayade said.
Some resident doctors in Akola, Dhule, Latur, Kolhapur and Nagpur did not participate in the strike, Tayade said.
The stern action came on the fifth day of the doctors' indefinite strike to demand enhancement of stipend and better living conditions.
After giving show-cause notices to more than 2,500 striking resident doctors on Friday, the state government set a deadline of 2 pm on Saturday for the doctors to return to work.
As they did not turn up, the deadline was extended by a few hours and since there was no signs of relentment, the authorities cracked the whip and terminated their services.