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Ranchi: Around 600 resident doctors at Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences Rims ), who attend to a majority of the patients, will boycott outpatient department (OPD) services from Friday. Patients visiting Rims from far off places will be most affected as OPDs will not function. However, emergency services will be kept out of the strike.The resident doctors have also planned to run a parallel OPD to register their protest against the government where they will be attending to patients on the campus. The general body meet on Tuesday approved the pay revision and it takes around three to four days in writing down the proceedings. “We are planning to run a parallel OPD at the parking space near the casualty ward on Friday,” said a resident doctor.Rims additional director Mritunjay Kumar Barnawal said: “I have requested the resident doctors to call off their protest..