New Delhi. Resident doctors of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) & of Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) have today called-off strike and decided to resume duties from tomorrow to avert a direct confrontation with the Supreme Court.
They, however, will continue to support the anti-quota agitation waged by medicos against the government proposal to introduce 27 per cent reservation to OBCs in elite educational institutions.
Advertisement
Sources said this decision was taken during a General Body Meeting of AIIMS Resident Doctors' Association, hours after the apex court ordered medicos to return to work immediately.
They said the GBM felt that the Supreme Court has left them with no option but to resume duties from tomorrow. PTI
Resident doctors of Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) have also decided to resume work from tomorrow.
This decision was taken during a meeting of resident doctors of the college, sources said.
Meanwhile the Health Ministry has hardened its stand and is ready with termination notices to the striking medicos if they do not return to work by 9 AM tomorrow .
"We are hopeful that they will call off their strike by tonight and in the eventuality they did not join duty, tomorrow 9 AM we are sending termination notices", Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told reporters here.
The termination format was ready and the government had already given them notice, he said.
Ramadoss, who visited AIIMS, Safdarjung and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospitals here earlier in the day, however, said the feeling was the doctors would withdraw their strike today and most of them were turning back to work.
While in AIIMS all the strikers wanted to resume work, Resident Doctors in Safdarjung Hospital have disassociated from the strike. In RML 60 per cent of doctors have come back, he said.
He said simultaneously the government was planning to recruit retired doctors for a period of one year and extendable for another one year.
"We will be requiring faculty for the new six AIIMS institutions. We hope to recruit nearly 2,000 retired doctors for these six institutions", he said
(Source:PTI)
Resident doctors of Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC) have also decided to resume work from tomorrow.
Advertisement
This decision was taken during a meeting of resident doctors of the college, sources said.
Meanwhile the Health Ministry has hardened its stand and is ready with termination notices to the striking medicos if they do not return to work by 9 AM tomorrow .
"We are hopeful that they will call off their strike by tonight and in the eventuality they did not join duty, tomorrow 9 AM we are sending termination notices", Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told reporters here.
The termination format was ready and the government had already given them notice, he said.
Ramadoss, who visited AIIMS, Safdarjung and Ram Manohar Lohia Hospitals here earlier in the day, however, said the feeling was the doctors would withdraw their strike today and most of them were turning back to work.
While in AIIMS all the strikers wanted to resume work, Resident Doctors in Safdarjung Hospital have disassociated from the strike. In RML 60 per cent of doctors have come back, he said.
He said simultaneously the government was planning to recruit retired doctors for a period of one year and extendable for another one year.
"We will be requiring faculty for the new six AIIMS institutions. We hope to recruit nearly 2,000 retired doctors for these six institutions", he said
(Source:PTI)
Advertisement
Advertisement
|
Advertisement
Recommended Readings
Latest Indian Health News
Systems of traditional medicine such as Ayurveda have the potential to avert illnesses and reduce the unnecessary reliance on antibiotics.
Dengue claimed a minimum of 5,500 lives across 20 countries, India included, marking a 32 percent increase from 2022 and an 11 percent rise compared to 2019.
The Rs 1,500 crore 'Chief Minister Health at Doorstep' program aims to cut expenses and conduct blood tests for those aged 60+.
In Bihar, a mysterious ailment named "Langda fever" by locals has emerged, causing patients to recover from fever but struggle to walk due to joint pain.
Upon analyzing the years of life lost due to cancer, the team discovered that the four avoidable risk factors led to an annual loss of over 30 million years of life.