Doctors Strike In Mumbai

Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors Central (MARD) demanding better hostel accommodation, a hike in stipend, and clearance of arrears, will hold a state-wide indefinite strike starting today at 5 pm.

Nearly 300 doctors resigned from government hospitals in West Bengal on Friday as their protest against an attack on a colleague earlier this week in Kolkata escalated. Doctors across the country will boycott work on Monday to express solidarity with their Bengal counterparts whose strike continued for the fourth day. Junior doctors in several stat...

The mass protest called by the doctors of JJ Hospital in Mumbai over the alleged assault of their colleagues by a patient's relatives entered its third day. Several doctors of the city's Sion Hospital also joined them today to demand immediate action with respect to their safety.

While hearing a petition challenging the recent doctors' strike in Mumbai, judges at the Bombay High Court noticed that a journalist from a national newspaper came to cover the court in a pair of jeans and T-shirt. They frowned and voiced displeasure over journalists covering court proceedings in such clothes and demanded to know if it was "Bombay ...

Resident doctors in Maharashtra today resumed their duties after receiving assurances from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and intervention from the Bombay High Court.

Thousands of doctors on strike for five days in Maharashtra got their last warning on Friday from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who told the assembly that the doctors had stretched things too far and would face "legal action" if they didn't resume work soon. "Enough is enough," the Chief Minister said hours before the government's meeting with t...

Chaos continued in hospitals across Maharashtra as nearly 4,500 doctors continued their mass leave for the third straight day. While in most hospitals, a few senior doctors have been doing the rounds. Emergency services have not been affected by the protest. The doctors are demanding better security measures at hospitals after colleagues acme under...

"We do not have adequate security, so we are saying we need to be armed," said Sagar Dilip Mundada, president of the group, whose members have been involved in 90 altercations since 2013.

More than 1,200 resident doctors of state-run King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital in Mumbai have called a strike against the alleged assault on three of their colleagues by relatives of a minor boy who died of dengue in the early hours today.

Over 4,000 doctors from public hospitals are on an indefinite strike in Maharashtra, they are demanding better pay, work hours and security from the government.

Around 4000 doctors across Maharashtra have begun their indefinite strike after talks between resident doctors and the state government failed to reach a compromise on Wednesday on their demand for increase in stipend.

Activist Anna Hazare is not well, his doctors say. At the end of the first day of his hunger strike, the 74-year-old is reportedly down with fever once again. But he is determined not to eat. Doctors from Mumbai's JJ Hospital are stationed now at his camp at MMRDA Grounds amid reports that the Gandhian may be moved to hospital.

Over 150 resident doctors at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital have gone on a strike to protest manhandling by relatives of some patients, said hospital sources."Doctors have been on strike since 3 am after some patients' relatives got into a fight with them," he said.A meeting is likely to be held later, between the doctors and the man...

Medical services across Maharashtra have been hit with 4500 resident doctors and 7500 interns going on an indefinite strike.

Maharashtra Association of Resident Doctors Central (MARD) demanding better hostel accommodation, a hike in stipend, and clearance of arrears, will hold a state-wide indefinite strike starting today at 5 pm.

Nearly 300 doctors resigned from government hospitals in West Bengal on Friday as their protest against an attack on a colleague earlier this week in Kolkata escalated. Doctors across the country will boycott work on Monday to express solidarity with their Bengal counterparts whose strike continued for the fourth day. Junior doctors in several stat...

The mass protest called by the doctors of JJ Hospital in Mumbai over the alleged assault of their colleagues by a patient's relatives entered its third day. Several doctors of the city's Sion Hospital also joined them today to demand immediate action with respect to their safety.

While hearing a petition challenging the recent doctors' strike in Mumbai, judges at the Bombay High Court noticed that a journalist from a national newspaper came to cover the court in a pair of jeans and T-shirt. They frowned and voiced displeasure over journalists covering court proceedings in such clothes and demanded to know if it was "Bombay ...

Resident doctors in Maharashtra today resumed their duties after receiving assurances from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and intervention from the Bombay High Court.

Thousands of doctors on strike for five days in Maharashtra got their last warning on Friday from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis who told the assembly that the doctors had stretched things too far and would face "legal action" if they didn't resume work soon. "Enough is enough," the Chief Minister said hours before the government's meeting with t...

Chaos continued in hospitals across Maharashtra as nearly 4,500 doctors continued their mass leave for the third straight day. While in most hospitals, a few senior doctors have been doing the rounds. Emergency services have not been affected by the protest. The doctors are demanding better security measures at hospitals after colleagues acme under...

"We do not have adequate security, so we are saying we need to be armed," said Sagar Dilip Mundada, president of the group, whose members have been involved in 90 altercations since 2013.

More than 1,200 resident doctors of state-run King Edward Memorial (KEM) hospital in Mumbai have called a strike against the alleged assault on three of their colleagues by relatives of a minor boy who died of dengue in the early hours today.

Over 4,000 doctors from public hospitals are on an indefinite strike in Maharashtra, they are demanding better pay, work hours and security from the government.

Around 4000 doctors across Maharashtra have begun their indefinite strike after talks between resident doctors and the state government failed to reach a compromise on Wednesday on their demand for increase in stipend.

Activist Anna Hazare is not well, his doctors say. At the end of the first day of his hunger strike, the 74-year-old is reportedly down with fever once again. But he is determined not to eat. Doctors from Mumbai's JJ Hospital are stationed now at his camp at MMRDA Grounds amid reports that the Gandhian may be moved to hospital.

Over 150 resident doctors at the Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital have gone on a strike to protest manhandling by relatives of some patients, said hospital sources."Doctors have been on strike since 3 am after some patients' relatives got into a fight with them," he said.A meeting is likely to be held later, between the doctors and the man...

Medical services across Maharashtra have been hit with 4500 resident doctors and 7500 interns going on an indefinite strike.