Over 6,000 government doctors in Delhi and Maharashtra will stay away from non-emergency services on Friday in support of doctors on strike at Calcutta’s NRS Medical College and Hospital. “Any patient who requires emergency medical services or comes to the institute in a life-threatening situation will receive all treatment and services,” said Abhishek Singh, the vice-president of the Resident Doctors’ Association, AIIMS. Telegraph pictureIn Maharashtra, about 6,000 resident doctors are expected to join the strike, Komal Dhongre, president of the state’s Resident Doctors’ Association told The Telegraph. “We on the call of the Indian Medical Association have taken the decision to keep the OPD service, in-patient service and elective operations suspended,” said Ajit Kumar, president of the Junior Doctors’ Association at RIMS. On the sidelines of the summit, Miguel R. Jorge, president-elect, World Medical Association and Otmar Kloiber, secretary-general, World Medical Association, separately condemned the recent attack on doctors in Calcutta.

Source: The Telegraph June 14, 2019 01:24 UTC