Ghaziabad doctors to hold one-day strike on Monday

Doctors in Ghaziabad will go on a one-day strike from Monday to express solidarity with their colleagues in West Bengal, it was announced on Saturday.

Addressing a press conference, the Indian Medical Association's (IMA) local unit chief D.P. Singh said that they had decided to observe a day's strike from 6 a.m. on Monday to 6 a.m. on Tuesday.

He said the token strike will include private and public sector medical practitioners.

If the Bengal doctors are not provided security, this strike may become indefinite, Singh added.

--IANS

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