Read | Lady Hardinge docs get bitten, beaten, go on strikePatients admitted in the non-emergency wards were discharged while nurses attended to patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). Doctors from New Delhi’s Lady Hardinge Medical College and associated Kalawati Saran Children’s hospital, called off their 36-hour strike after the administration promised to increase security guards and bouncers within 10 weeks. Yesterday, we were running the emergency services and closed it today at 9 am as no steps were taken to resolve our issues,” said Dr Vivek Chouksey, president of the resident doctors’ association at Lady Hardinge. Nearly 1,200 odd doctors were on strike in protest against three of their colleagues having been manhandled by the relatives of a patient. When the infant died at around 5 am, her parents called up friends and family, gathering nearly 15 people who barged into the paediatric ward and attacked the resident doctors on duty.

Source: Hindustan Times July 22, 2016 11:03 UTC