Page 3 - Doctors Strike

South Korea deploys military, public doctors to strike-hit hospitals today

Twenty military surgeons along with 138 public health doctors will be assigned to 20 hospitals for four weeks, Health Minister Cho Kyoo-hong said at a meeting on Sunday

S Korea to suspend licenses of doctors after they refuse to end walkouts

South Korea's government began steps on Monday to suspend the medical licenses of thousands of striking junior doctors, days after they missed a government-set deadline to end their joint walkouts, which have severely impacted hospital operations. Nearly 9,000 medical interns and residents have been on strike for two weeks to protest a government push to sharply increase the number of medical school admissions. Their action has led to hundreds of cancelled surgeries and other treatments and threatened to burden the country's medical service. On Monday, officials were sent to dozens of hospitals to formally confirm the absence of the striking doctors as the government began steps to suspend their licenses for at least three months, Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo told a briefing. Park said authorities will later notify the striking doctors of their expected license suspensions and give them a chance to respond. He suggested the license suspensions would take weeks to go into ...

Doctors protest in S Korea over plan to increase medical school admissions

On Thursday, the government issued a back-to-work order, warning striking doctors their medical licenses could be suspended if they did not comply

Doctors protest in S Korea over plan to increase medical school admissions

On Thursday, the government issued a back-to-work order, warning striking doctors their medical licenses could be suspended if they did not comply

S Korea sets Feb 29 as deadline for its young doctors to return to work

South Korea's government gave striking young doctors four days to report back to work, saying on Monday that they won't be punished if they return by the deadline but will face indictments and suspensions of medical licenses if they don't. About 9,000 medical interns and residents have stayed off the job since early last week to protest a government plan to increase medical school admissions by about 65 per cent. The walkouts have severely hurt the operations of their hospitals, with numerous cancellations of surgeries and other treatments. Government officials say adding more doctors is necessary to deal with South Korea's rapidly aging population. The country's current doctor-to-patient ratio is among the lowest in the developed world. The strikers say universities can't handle so many new students and argue the plan would not resolve a chronic shortage of doctors in some key but low-paying areas like pediatrics and emergency departments. Vice Health Minister Park Min-soo said ..

Medical services remain hit in Rajasthan on day 12 of govt-doctors deadlock

From April 1, the process of mass de-empanelment of government schemes will be completed in all private hospitals of Rajasthan, said Dr Kapoor

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Govt should engage protestors to make Right to Health work

Resident doctors of PGIMS-Rohtak end strike after meeting Haryana CM

Resident doctors at the Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences (PGIMS) in Rohtak on Friday called off their strike and resumed duties. They were on strike for the past eight days in solidarity with the ongoing agitation by MBBS students against the Haryana government's bond policy. The decision to call off the strike was taken following a meeting with the Haryana Chief Minister on November 30, in which Manohar Lal Khattar announced changes in the bond policy. However, MBBS students, who have been agitating against the bond policy for nearly a month, continued their stir. In a meeting with the representatives of MBBS students and the resident doctors, Khattar on November 30 said that the state government reduced the bond policy amount from Rs 40 lakh to Rs 30 lakh and cut down the duration of the compulsory government service from seven to five years. Resident Doctors Association (RDA) of the PGIMS, Rohtak, in a statement issued on Thursday night, .

Don't go on strikes, tie black ribbon instead: Gehlot appeals to doctors

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Saturday appealed to the doctors to not go on strikes every time they have a demand and instead tie a black ribbon to express displeasure to avoid any inconvenience to the patients. He said there will be no shortage of funds for the medical sector as it is a top priority of the state government. "Health and medical sector is my top priority. There will be no shortage of funds, but one of my demands is that they (doctors) will not go on strike at least," he told the media after interacting with the doctors at the Government SMS Hospital here. "The only thing I have said to the doctor is that please make a promise to me that you will not go on strike. If you have displeasure, have demands from the government, then tie a black ribbon," Gehlot said. He said doctors are considered to be a form of God as they save lives. If there is a strike, the patient suffers and surgeries are postponed. The chief minister also appealed to the private hospital

Delhi HC to hear PIL seeking action against doctors on Nov 2021 strike

According to the PIL, 'Doctor's Strike' disrupts regular hospital services bringing endless pain, suffering and death to the defenceless patients

Govt docs agitation affects health services in Nagaland for second day

Members of Nagaland in-Service Doctors' Association have taken mass casual leave to press their demand for increase in the superannuation age of government medical practitioners from 60 to 62 years

NEET-PG counselling 2021: Resident doctors' strike called off, says FORDA

Patient care had been affected at several major hospitals in Delhi in this period as resident doctors have been boycotting services to lodge their protest.

FORDA continues strike, seeks written apology from Delhi police

A day after FORDA proposed three demands to end protest over delay in NEET-PG counselling it decided to continue strike until police issue a ''written apology for their behaviour'.

NEET-PG counselling: As strike continues, patients suffer in hospitals

As doctors continue to protest across, it seems like there is no end to patients woes in the hospitals across India.Vandana, a patient's mother who came to RML hospital, said, "My son has a kidney-related disease. Doctors had asked to undergo some medical tests. Today my son was supposed to undergo an eye test and accordingly, an appointment was fixed. But due to the protest, no testing is happening in the hospital. My son was referred to this hospital from GTB hospital."A resident of Rohini said, "I came here to show my mother as she was having fever for the past eight months. When I reached here, no doctor is there inside the hospital. Everybody is participating in the ongoing protest. They asked me to come after a few days."Another patient from Dwarka said, "My wife has to undergo surgery on January 11. Before the surgery, a biopsy procedure needs to be completed. Now the doctors are protesting, the biopsy has been delayed for the time being. I dont know when then will conduct a ...

Resident doctors go on strike again over delay in NEET-PG counselling

After a brief lull, resident doctors of the three Centre-run hospitals in Delhi resumed their strike and boycotted all services, including emergency, over the delay in NEET-PG 2021 counselling.

Services at govt-run hospitals hit as resident docs' strike enters 2nd day

Long queues of patients were seen outside government-run hospitals, including those in Delhi, as resident doctors boycotted routine services for the second consecutive day on Tuesday

Telangana: Junior doctors withdraw strike, govt announces hike in stipend

The Telangana Junior Doctors Association (T-JUDA) called off their strike to serve the patients as the country is witnessing second wave of Covid-19 pandemic

Bihar junior doctors on indefinite strike, seek revision in stipend

According to the Association, the stipend of junior doctors in Bihar has not been revised since 2017, due to which they have called the strike

Senior Hindu Rao docs to join protest, MCD transfers 4 to other hospitals

Hindu Rao Hospital has transferred four of its senior doctors to the RBIPMT with immediate effect after they decided to join the ongoing protest by resident doctors

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Expert says lockdowns were counter-productive

From creation of a database of health workers to an indefinite doctors' strike against non-payment of salaries, here's how the country is dealing with the pandemic