Over 2,000 doctors strike work in Gujarat

AHMEDABAD: More than 2,000 resident doctors from Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Surat, Vadodara and few other major cities of Gujarat went on strike on Wednesday to press for their pending demands before the state government, said sources close to the development.
Services at BJ Medical College and Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad were disrupted as the groups announced strike from 5pm on Tuesday.
A delegation of resident doctors earlier met senior health department officials but due to lack of clear answers, the impasse continued till Tuesday night before they continued the strike on Wednesday, said sources.
According to the letter submitted to the authorities, the resident doctors demanded bond period calculation as 1:2 (doubling the calculation of days of duty), benefits of seventh pay commission, appointments in their own alma mater due to loss of study in the first year following the pandemic, and implementing the scheme of senior residentship along with bond on the lines of other states.