Maha CM urges doctors to call off stir

Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis today appealed to the resident doctors in the state to call off their strike and assured them that the government would ensure their security in hospitals.
Making a statement in the Legislative Assembly on the ongoing strike and its fallout on the public healthcare system, Fadnavis urged the doctors to follow their professional ethics by serving the people.
"Because of the acts of a few irresponsible people of attacking doctors, it is not right to deny the poor their right to access to the medical facilities. I appeal to the doctors and their organisations to call off the strike and return to work," he said.

The government had spoken to representatives of the striking doctors and accepted all their demands, he said.
"The state has enacted special laws to protect doctors. The quantum of punishment has been increased and attacks on doctors made a non-bailable offence," he said.
"The laws need continous upgradation and the government is open to discussion," he added.
"We will try to see that attacks on doctors do not happen and if it happens the perpetrators will be punished severely," Fadnavis said.