Maharashtra Doctors Strike

A doctor was brutally attacked inside a hospital in Maharashtra on Friday night. The horrifying incident, captured on a CCTV camera, shows the attacker striking the doctor nearly 18 times with a sickle.

Eight thousand resident doctors in Maharashtra are on an indefinite strike over appalling living conditions in hostels and low monthly stipends, which are often delayed by months.

Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors Central (MARD) demanding better hostel accommodation, a hike in stipend, and clearance of arrears, will hold a state-wide indefinite strike starting today at 5 pm.

In response to the incident where 2 resident doctors were allegedly stabbing a patient in Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College and Hospital in Maharashtra's Yavatmal, the hospital decided to halt all emergency and non-emergency service.

In Nagpur, around 500 resident doctors at two government hospitals will "withdraw" from Out Patient Departments, non-emergency ward work, departmental work and elective services from Friday, said local units of MARD

More than 40,000 doctors in Maharashtra are boycotting work today as part of a strike call given by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in support of their agitating colleagues in West Bengal, an official said.

Social activist Anna Hazare was today admitted to a hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar after he complained of weakness, which doctors later found was due to lack of blood supply to his brain. He had broken his 7-day long fast last week, persisting in his demand for appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs.

Resident doctors of the state-run J J Hospital called off their strike after the Maharashtra government assured them of fulfilling their demands.

Resident doctors in Maharashtra today resumed their duties after receiving assurances from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and intervention from the Bombay High Court.

Thousands of doctors on strike for five days in Maharashtra got their last warning on Friday from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who told the assembly that the doctors had stretched things too far and would face "legal action" if they didn't resume work soon. "Enough is enough," the Chief Minister said hours before the government's meeting with t...

Over 20,000 resident doctors in the national capital on Thursday went on mass casual leave in solidarity with their Maharashtra counterparts, leading to postponement of over 800 surgeries across Delhi government and civic body-run hospitals, and also left thousands of patients in the lurch with OPD functions hit.

In a late night development, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) on Thursday urged all resident medicos to call off their four-day-long mass CL agitation immediately.

The Bombay High Court today asked striking resident doctors in Maharashtra to resume work immediately while Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis appealed to them to call off the four-day stir, assuring security in hospitals.

The huge health crisis in Maharashtra, caused by the doctors' strike, is likely to spread to Delhi today as nearly 40,000 doctors are set to go on mass casual leave in the nation's Capital. Across Delhi, resident doctors from nearly 40 government hospitals, including those run by civic bodies, are expected to go on mass leave, but those on emergenc...

Maharashtra government's join or lose six month's salary ultimatum has set it on a collision course with the state's doctors. Affronted, the Indian Medical Association or IMA, the top body of doctors, has called a strike. With over 40,000 doctors from IMA going on strike, patients of not only government hospitals but private hospitals too, will be ...

A doctor was brutally attacked inside a hospital in Maharashtra on Friday night. The horrifying incident, captured on a CCTV camera, shows the attacker striking the doctor nearly 18 times with a sickle.

Eight thousand resident doctors in Maharashtra are on an indefinite strike over appalling living conditions in hostels and low monthly stipends, which are often delayed by months.

Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors Central (MARD) demanding better hostel accommodation, a hike in stipend, and clearance of arrears, will hold a state-wide indefinite strike starting today at 5 pm.

In response to the incident where 2 resident doctors were allegedly stabbing a patient in Shri Vasantrao Naik Government Medical College and Hospital in Maharashtra's Yavatmal, the hospital decided to halt all emergency and non-emergency service.

In Nagpur, around 500 resident doctors at two government hospitals will "withdraw" from Out Patient Departments, non-emergency ward work, departmental work and elective services from Friday, said local units of MARD

More than 40,000 doctors in Maharashtra are boycotting work today as part of a strike call given by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) in support of their agitating colleagues in West Bengal, an official said.

Social activist Anna Hazare was today admitted to a hospital in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar after he complained of weakness, which doctors later found was due to lack of blood supply to his brain. He had broken his 7-day long fast last week, persisting in his demand for appointment of anti-corruption watchdogs.

Resident doctors of the state-run J J Hospital called off their strike after the Maharashtra government assured them of fulfilling their demands.

Resident doctors in Maharashtra today resumed their duties after receiving assurances from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and intervention from the Bombay High Court.

Thousands of doctors on strike for five days in Maharashtra got their last warning on Friday from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who told the assembly that the doctors had stretched things too far and would face "legal action" if they didn't resume work soon. "Enough is enough," the Chief Minister said hours before the government's meeting with t...

Over 20,000 resident doctors in the national capital on Thursday went on mass casual leave in solidarity with their Maharashtra counterparts, leading to postponement of over 800 surgeries across Delhi government and civic body-run hospitals, and also left thousands of patients in the lurch with OPD functions hit.

In a late night development, the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors (MARD) on Thursday urged all resident medicos to call off their four-day-long mass CL agitation immediately.

The Bombay High Court today asked striking resident doctors in Maharashtra to resume work immediately while Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis appealed to them to call off the four-day stir, assuring security in hospitals.

The huge health crisis in Maharashtra, caused by the doctors' strike, is likely to spread to Delhi today as nearly 40,000 doctors are set to go on mass casual leave in the nation's Capital. Across Delhi, resident doctors from nearly 40 government hospitals, including those run by civic bodies, are expected to go on mass leave, but those on emergenc...

Maharashtra government's join or lose six month's salary ultimatum has set it on a collision course with the state's doctors. Affronted, the Indian Medical Association or IMA, the top body of doctors, has called a strike. With over 40,000 doctors from IMA going on strike, patients of not only government hospitals but private hospitals too, will be ...