Hyd: Junior doctors go on strike over assault

Hyderabad | Sunday | 17th February, 2019

Summary:

HYDERABAD: Irked by Friday night’s incident, junior doctors at Niloufer boycotted duties on Saturday, thus affecting patient services. “During my last visit I was advised to get some blood tests done and I was asked to come today. There is a need to improve primary health service that will go a long way in reducing the number of patients coming to tertiary centres. “We have called off the week-long strike after our salary for two months was cleared,” said R Narasimha, president of the Outsourcing and Private Nurses Association. But neither the doctors nor the staff at the diagnostic centre are available..