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AURANGABAD: The strike by the intern doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) here entered the second day on Thursday. The intern doctors had called a strike on April 26, 2018 to remind the government of its decision. .Sukre, however, said that the strike has had hardly any effect on patient care at the hospital as the interns are not practising doctors. Of the 192 intern doctors, 176 are on strike, Shivaji Sukre, who is holding additional charge of GMCH dean, told TOI.The Association of State Medical Interns (ASMI) had called an indefinite strike from Wednesday demanding increase in their stipend. On May 2, following a meeting with state medical education minister Girish Mahajan, DMER officials and other key officials, the interns were given an assurance on stipend hike..