Young doctors call the strike off

Young doctors call the strike off

The Young Doctors Association (YDA), Punjab, has called off its strike and resumed treatment of patients in all departments of public sector hospitals in the province in compliance with orders of the Lahore High Court.

“The normal functioning of indoor and outdoor wards resumed in hospitals on Monday”said YDA, Punjab, office-bearers including its president Dr Hamid Butt, Dr Nasir Abbas, Dr Kashif Bilal and many others, while addressing a press conference after holding general
council meeting at the Admn Block of the Jinnah Hospital.

Earlier, the YDA, Punjab, had resumed emergency services Saturday on the orders of the Lahore High Court after the closure of emergency servicesfor five days.

The YDA, Punjab began its strike in Out-Patient Departments (OPDs) on June 18, 2012 demanding a service structure for doctors, while it withdrew services from emergency and indoor wards as well after Punjab police launched a crackdown on young doctors on July
1.

Following the end of the YDA strike, the process of Pakistan Army doctors returning has begun. These doctors were called in on the request of the Punjab government due to young doctors strike.

Meanwhile, the LHC said that strict action will be taken if government or young doctors don’t comply with its orders.

Lahore High Court justice Aijazul Hassan heard the case relating to the clash between Punjab government and young doctors over the formation of service structure on Monday. As the hearing began, young doctors lamented that the Punjab government hasn’t retracted
their orders of show-cause notice and sacking of doctors despite court orders.

Implementing the court orders, the young doctors said they called off their strike.—INP

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Posted by Ahmad Mehdi on Jul 10 2012. Filed under Health. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry