Resident doctors across Maharashtra decided to call off their five-day long strike and resume work today after a satisfactory meeting with Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis last night, wherein the state government assured them that it will look into their demands.
"The state government has issued a letter of assurance and we feel our demands are being addressed. We have asked our members to resume duty from Saturday morning," the Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors said, in a statement.
More than 4,500 doctors had been on strike for the last five days following a series of assaults on doctors in various parts of Maharashtra. The doctors initially wanted better security but later seemed to have added more demands to their list, including a pay hike. While the strike did not affect emergency services, OPDs and general ward patients were heavily inconvenienced. The Maharashtra government, throughout the week, criticised the doctors for going on strike.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had given the doctors a final ultimatum, hours before meeting the association yesterday, to resume duty or face "legal action".
"We respect doctors but they should not stretch it too far," he added.
"You are not factory workers that you will resort to such protests. Shame on you. How can doctors behave in such a manner?" the court had observed.
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